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THE     SHIELDS     FAMILY 

by 

John  A.  Shields 


THE 


SHIELDS  FAMILY 


Particularly  the  Oldest  and  Host  Nu- 
merous Branch  of  that  Family  in  our 
America;   an  Account  of  the  Ancestor 
and  Descendants  of  "The  Ten  Brothers 
of  Sevier  County,  in  Tennessee " 


BY 

John  A.  Shields- 


ONLY  A  BEGHSHEKJ 

To  the  end  that  those  of  whoso  descendants  we  are  an.  ./hose 
names  many  of  us  bear  may  not  be  forgotten  blit  nay  find  a  proper  place 
in  the.  history  and  memory  of  our  American  race,  I  have  undertaken  to 
collect  such  facts  as  are  obtainable  regarding  the  forefathers  of  our 
own  Shields  family.  There  has  not,  to  my  knowledge,  been  any  other  attempt 
made  to  sot  down  suoh  a  comprehensive  record;  this  one  is  far  fron  com- 
plete. Entire  branches,  representing  many  hundreds  of  individuals,  have 
been  lost  to  us.  Frequently  onl  a  name,  sometimes  a  date  or  two,  often 
merely  a  line,  sets  forth  all  we  know  of  the  eotivities  of  o  life  time 
of  seventy  busy  years. 

This  data  has  been  gathered  with  painstaking  effort  from  sour- 
ces innumerable:  From  family  Bibles,  land,  law  and  Church  records, 
official  documents,  private  letters,  memory,  tradition,  aid  what  not. 
Most  of  it  is,  I  trust,  fairly  accurate;  some  of  it  may  be  incorrect; 
none  of  it  is  as  complete  as  it  should  be.  Thus  far  it  las  been  a  stu- 
pendous task;  its  completion  will  be  tedious  and  full  of  discouragements 
and  disappointments,  k   few  years  ago  it  would  have  been  easier;  a  few 
years  hence  much  of  it  v^ould  have  been  forever  lost. 

This  pamphlet  is  not  for  sale;  it  is  only  a  beginning.  I  have 
made  a  few  copies,  with  much  labor,  hoping  that  others  into  whose  Hands 
they  may  fall  will  add  sue.:  corrections  and  new  material  as  ought  to 
appear  if  the  book  shall  ever  be  published,   i  wish  I  were  able  to  pub- 
lish it  yoroperly  and  hand  sorely;  many  would  prize  a  fittiny  vnenorial  to 
our  own  who  have  yone  before;  it  would  be  even  more  highly  appreciated 
by  generations  yet  unborn.  Someday  someone  ./ill  co  this.  Therefore,  I 
am  sure  that  all  who  can  will  contribute  to  its  correction  aad  completion 
as  willingly  as  I  have  tried  to  do  my  part,  Much  that  we  may  do  nov.,  even 
poorly,  if  left  for  a  few  years  can  never  be  done  at  all. 


804  Sykes  Block, 

inneapolis,  .inn. 
December,  1917.  '  UK  SIHLDS. 


TEE   SHIELDS  FAMILIES 


There  are  at  least  t.-o  distinct  familes  bearing  the    aa-e  Shields. 
One,  originating  among  the  Scandinavia  s  of  northern  iiurope,   found  its 
•way  into  Tagland  at  about  the  time  of  the  l'orman  Conquest;  the  other 
traces  its  ancestry  to  the  Gaels  of  Persia,   who  migrated  t.rough  Egypt 
and  Phoenecia,  along  the  Levant  and   the   northern  shores  of  the  Mediter- 
ranean into  Spain,   and  tiienoe  into  Ireland,  where  their  rule  -was  un- 
broken for  more  than  two  thousand   years,  prior  to  the  horman  ^enquest, 
in  1172. 

Oglieh  fields  arc  descended  from  an  early  royal  family 
ark,  nowd    "cyld.     The   "soyld"  in   inglo-Saxon,  orn3kioldr    in 
Danish,  Vceorcs    "fhieW  when  translated   into  Bnglieh*  the  three  forms 
being  identical   in  meaning/     The  additional  faot  that  a  sketch  of  this 
instrument  of  early  warfare   is  prominently  displayed   in  the  coats -of - 
arms  of   bhe  flltttui  i  ranches  of  this    Shields  family  indicates  quite 
clearly  the   ori  X-    of    the  ::ame. 

The  Irish  Shields  derive  their  nana  from  the  old   Iri3h  word 
"siadbal,"  the  modern  form  being  spelled   "shields,"  which  means  cul- 
utred,  ma  inerly,  polished,   iebonair,      iha  dssi  ,n  on  the  escutcheon  of 
the  family  consists  of  -  .-ound,  on  which  are  depicted  three  golden 

cr:      g,       ;'   BtbtfT     t!  m  I  M   eagle j    la    fiij.it,  bearing  in  its  beak  a   streamer 
upon  which  is  ioeoribeO,   in  the  Irish  language,  the  motto,    ''.,i>aih  Pefore 
Dishonor."     BltW   is   Ireland's  own  heraldic  color;  the  three  crowns  are 
doubtless  a  vestige  of  the  arus  of    ouster. 


the  iBiaa 


The  ar.oient  chronicles  o.  Ireland  are  the  oldest  end  most  com- 
plete recorded  historical  data  of  early  European  civilisation  in  existence, 
■"•hey  prove  the  Irish  to  be  the  oldest  nation  in  Europe,  end  interweave 
their  story  nor  alone  with  the  stories  of  Egypt,  Israel,  rhoeneoia,  and 
Greece,  but  with  those  of  Noah  and  the  antedeluvian  world  as  well. 
Land  records,  la.v  records,  and  records  of  ftther  proceedings  that  were 
officially  registered  acoording  to  laws  and  customs  peculiar  to  that 
country  wo  ••  kept  for  many  centuries  during  the  arl-/  and  middle  ages,  and 
enormous  quantities  of  them  are  no.,  available.  Uirough  these  records, 
supplemented  prehaps  by  tradition,  students  of  early  Irish  history  liave 
traoed  the  Shields  name  back  to  the  man  who  first  bore  it. 


The  First  Shields 


Pre-Christian  Ireland  was  divided  into  five  kingdoms,  the 
southern  most  of  which  was  Munsterj  the  clan  of  O'Brion,  .vhoso  capital 
ma   at  Cashel,  was  the  royal  family.  In  the  third  or  fourth  centruy, 
so  the  story  is  told,  a  younger  so.i  of  the   »Brien  who  was  then  kin;,  of 
i:u  .ster,  upon  attaining  his  majority,  took  a  portion  of  ,.is  patrimony 
and  traveled  over  the  continent  of  urope  for  some  twenty  years.  On  his 
return  he  v«as  dubbed  a  knight  and  invested  with  the  title  "Siadhal,"  or 
"Shields,"  which  is  the  Irish  form  of  the  name  during  the  Kiddle  ages. 


The  name  refers  to  the  culture  and  gracious  maimers  the  young  man  had 
acquired  faring  his  travels.   In  Latin  tiie  name  becones  'Sedulius.1 

Caelius  Sedulius,  known  as  "The  Christian  Virgil, "  la  said  to 
have  been  t:  e  first  member  cf  tl  is  faulty  known  to  history*  He  .rrote 
"Carmen  Paschale,"  and  introduced  rhyme  into  Laten  pootry. 

Scotus  Sedulous,  of  the  court  of  Charlemagne,  mas  also  of  this 
family,  A  biogrgfay  of  this  scholar,  b;  "1  ■  ,  was  written  In  German 
and  pulli-'         loh,  in  1906. 

There  are  sir  Siadhals  mentioned  in  the "Annals  of  the  our  Mas- 
ters," collections  of  the  chronological  history  of  early  Ireland,  between 
the  years  ,  One  of  these  was  present  at  the  Council  of  -ome  in 

721.  .,  •  Vbf-t  or     jldare,  and  died  in  828.  The  best  known, 

howvver  ai  the  a  important*  was  Siahdal  who,  during  the  reign  of  the 
Emperor  Lothair,  840  to  85J5,  was  a  teacher  at  Liege,  now  in  tiie  kingdom 
of  Belgium* 


"edxxl  ius  Scotus 


It  appears  from  the  manuscript  records  of  the  ninth  Century 
that  ■  •  t  St*  Lambert  College,  1   :'   ,     vas  knovm 

as  Scotus  Sedulius,  or,  in  the  latin,  form,  Sednlius  Scotus.  Be  was  •  scribe 
an    poet*  also  e  student  of  GrceV .   ■o.-crdii?-  te  ontfauoan,  it  was  he 
who  copied  tfce  Greek  Psalter,  now  number  8047  is  the  "Bibiiethaqwe  de 
L'Arsencle,"  is  xris.   -is  poena,  to  the  number  of  ninety,  wer«  published 
by  Traubc  in  the  "Poetae  kmvi   Carolltti,"  which  la  aportion  of  the  "Monu- 
mentae  Cernania  Rlstorica,"  It  is  quite  probable  that  toward  the  end  of 
8  j.e  established  a  school  at  Milan,  when  and  where  he  c'ied  is  un- 
known. 

The  most  important  works  of  Sedulius  Jcotus  sre  hia  treatise 
"DE  Itectoribus  -:iii'istianis"— Concerning  Christian  Bulera,  Ids  Commentary 
M    i-ogic  of  •  ristotle,  arf  i;?  -cripturc  Commentary,  In  Latin,  entitled 
"Coll sotonao  in  QaNM  Eeatae  Faulae  Lpistoles."  the  first  of  these  is  a 
noteworthy  contribution  to  Christian  ethics.   It  is  the  first  of  many 
treatises  written  for  the  instruction  of  Christian  princes  and  rulers,  an 
exposition  of  the  duties  peculair  to  that  stare  of  life. 

This'  notable  man  wrote  nany  oth  r  works,        least  interest- 
ing of  which  aro  hie  letters,  bosk  of  which  are  published  in  the  "Neues 
Arohiv,  II,  188,  IV,  315."  In  them  he  narrates  the  vicissitudes  of  the 
Irish  exiles  in  urope,  and  excellent  article  on  Sedulius  Scotus  appears 
in  the  Catholic  Lncyclopedia. 

A  Prominent  Family 

It  would  appear,  from  what  we  t'.re  able  to  leam  from  scholars 
and  historians  who  are  constantly  delving  into  such  matters,  that  the 
Shields  family  ha*  een  prominent  all  down  through  thi  a  es.  The  earlier 
members  o:  the  family  wore  chiefly  distinguisad  in  eonnei  bioa  with  liter- 
ature and  religion,  but  in  those  tines  "reland  was  the  center  of  learning 
and  evangelism  for  all  llurope.  At  a  later  da\e,  Ln  the  couth,  partioularly 
in  Galwav,  thoy  were  the  heriditary  guardians  of  medical  secrets. 


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Ia  America 

In  American  history  the  family  is  well  represented  by  General 
James  Shields,  he  only  man  who  ever  represented  throe  states  in  the 
United  States  Senate,  a  hero  of  the  ,'exican  and  the  Civil  ars,  whose 
statue  lias  a  niche  in  the  Hall  o  r'ame;  by  hohn  Shields,  one  of  the  little 
band  of  explorers,  led  by  Lewis  an  Clark  on  the  famous  expedition  to 
Oregon  in  1803 j  by  Moody  Kite  thiols,  the  eminent  Presbyterian  divine, 
for  forty  years  professor  of  theology  in  Princeton  University;  by  George 
0,  Shields,  a  leading  naturalist,  sportsman,  and  editor j  by  John  Knight 
Shields,  at  present  United  States  Senator  from  Tennessee.  There  are 
many  othrs  of  note.  The  mother  of  President  John  Tyler  was  a  daughter 
of  a  Shields,  Another  descendant  of  this  family,  on  his  mother's  side, 
was  Jolin  Tipton,  General  in  the  United  States  Army,  United  States  Com- 
missioner of  Indian  -f fairs,  ana  united  States  Senator  from  Indiana;  he  was 
the  only  son  of  Janet  Shields  ,J-ipton, 

There  are  many  hundreds  of  people  now  living  in  America,  bearing 
the  name  Shields,  inherited  from  a  common  ancestor,  whose  kin-ship  among 
each  oth-  r  has  never  been  and  probably  never  can  be  established. 


SHIELDS  C/ffiAOLOGY 

(1600  to   1760) 

ftlliam  Shields 
2.     John  Shields  ) 

2.        illiam  Shields  )   -  See  following    .ages  ofr  their  descendants, 

2.     Daniel  Shields   (?)     ) 
B«       >•  :es  Shields 

3.      Villian  Shields 

4.     Jane  Shields         ) 

4.     Bliga  Shields        )   -  Sec  following  pages  for  their 

4.     Thomas  Shields      )  decendants. 

4.      James  Kiel's     ) 

4.  John  Shields 

5.  John  Shields  ) 
5.  Thorns  Shields  ) 
5.  BSa.x*y  Shlolda  ) 
5,  uobert  Shields  ) 

6.   The  family  of  the  "ten  brothers." 


At  a  comparatively  early  date,  just  when  is  unknown,  a  "branch 
of  the  Shields  family  m*e&   from  southern  to  northern  Ireland,  settleing 
in  County  Tyrone,  'ay,  if  not  all,  of  the  mashers  of  this  family  had 

joined  the  .'rotostants  at  about  the  tine  of  the  Reformation  —  1510  -  1550. 


Till  jam  /Melds,  of  bounty  .ntrim 

In  the  neighboring  bounty  Antrim,  on  the  shore  of  beautiful  Lough 
Neagh,  not  3p.y  years  before  or  eft-sr  1600,  was  born  Silliam  •Jhiedls,  from 
whom  has  descended  the  most  numerous  a3  well  as  the  most  prominent  Shields 
raoe  in  the  ^ew  or Id.  Mtle  is  known  of  his  life.   In  16o3,  while  resid- 
ing in  County  Armagh,  there  was  born  to  him  a  son,  name  d  Jams,  tl.rough 
whose  family  line  the  main  thread  of  this  story  runs,  James  had  a  brother 
whether  older  or  younger  is  not  known,  whose  namo  was  William,  and  another, 
much  younger,  and  whose  .lame  -vas  John.  There  may  have  been  other  members 
of  the  family;  it  has  been  asserted  that  there  was  another  nam  d  aniel, 
but  of  this  the  writer  has  no  conclusive  evide  ice. 

■illiam,  the  fath  r,  wa3  one  of  th  victims  of  Cronwell's  pro- 
secution of  the  Irish.  There  have  been  few,  if  any,  people  in  tLe  history 
of  the  vrorld  treated  with  greater  cruelty  ti^aa  the  Irish.  England* 8  treat- 
ment of  Ireland  is  one  of  the  most  shameful  stories  of  all  history;  &nd 
Cronwell's  part  in  it  is  store  Shameful  than  the  tost,  ^e  treated  the  Irish 
as  if  they  were  not  rarely  intruders,  but  outlaws  in  their  own  land}  It 
required  six  years  and  600,000  lives  for  him  to  ostablish  his  policy  in 
Ireland. 

One  searches  history  in  vain  for  a  parallel  to  the  grand  Cron- 
wellian  scheme,  which  «as  carried  out  to  the  letter;  the  entire  Dative 
population  was,  before  ;ra  1,  1654,  to  depart  in  a  body  for  Con  aught, 
there  to  anhabit  a  sHall  reservation  in  a  desolate  traot  between  the  shan- 
non ^iver  an'  the  sea,  of  which  it  has  been  said  by  one  o ."  the  ^or.imiss  ioners 
engaged  in  endorcing  tlie  decree,  ''there  v.-as  not  fuel  enough,  to  v.arm, 
water  enough  to  drovm,  or  earth  enough  to  bury  a  man."  They  must  not  go 


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within  two  miles  of  ch  river  or  four  miles  of  the  sea,  u  oordon  of  soldiers 
being  permanently  stutior.ej  with  orders  there  to  kill  anyone  overstepping 
the  linits. 

Any  Irish  who,  after  the  dste  named,  were  found  outside  the  appoint- 
ed area  were  to  suffer  death.  We  reac  of  piteous  pleas  for  time  to   collect 
a  few  comforts  and  provide  for  food  aad  shelter j  but  at  the  blast  of  the 
trumpet,  urged  on  by  bayonets,  the  wretched  tide  of  humanity,  men,  women, 
children,  the  infirm,  the  sick,  high  and  low,  prince  una  peasant,  poured 
into  Con-:au  ht  to  share  starvation  and  banishment,   -he  fat-  of  hose  left 
behing  was  even  worse.  Those  v.ho  •■■ere  not  executed  were  drrwn  upon  sl*..ve- 
ships  and  taken  to  foreign  lands,  most  ot  them  to  be  heard  from  nevermore. 
-:illiam  Shields,  the  father,  is  said  to  havo  lost  his  life  during  the  en- 
forcement of  this  inhuman  decree,  ana  his  sons  for  no  crime  other  tlian  that 
of  being  an  Irishman. 


The  Sons  Found  Families  in  America 

Tilliam's  sons,  James,  John,  and  ..illiani,  founded  large  families 
in  American.  Traoing  their  descendants  to  the  present  day  is  not  the  pur- 
pose of  this  sketch,  even  if  it  were  possiel^,  but  it  may  not  be  out  of 
place  to  say  that  many  branches  of  these  early  families  have  been  thue 
followed  down.  A  brief  reference  to  these  various  families  may  be  of 
interest. 

rtilliam  and  James  were  deported  to  the  Barbadoes  Islands,  in  the 
Est  Indies,  in  1655.  They  did  no  long  remain  there,  ho.-.ever,  ie   are 
told  that  hilliam  settled,  we  km*  not  when,  at  ^illiamsburg,  virginia. 
-'ruch  inform-ition  concerning  his  descendants  is  to  be  found  in  the  truton 
Church  records  of  the  city,  nis  son,  James,  kept  a  tavern  an;  an  ordinary 
inn  in  .»illiamsbur^,  am  died  there  in  1727.   James  unields,  who  was  a 
son  of  the  tavern-feeeper,  Anne,  the  daughter  of  Juines  the  surveyor,  was 
the  aothcr  of  ?;'ary  Arraatead,  who  inarrioe  Seferaer  vyl&r,  oi.'  Vir  inia,  and 
the  grandmother  of  John  Tyler,  the  tenth  President  of  the  United  States. 
General  John  Page  Shields,  who  lost  his  life  ..hiie  serving  ia  bhc  ••  onf  i  - 
erate  amy,  was  also  a  great  gra.idson  of  James,  the  surveyor. 

John,  who  still  a  mere  child  at  the  time  of  the  Oro.'jwellian  exile, 
spent  his  life  la  IrelaM,  In  1739,  when  an  old  man,  he,  Kith  his  son 
William*  then  a  lad  of  twelve,  sailed  for  America,   ftie  father  died  en  route 
and  was  buried  in  the  ocean.   llliaa  lande^  at  evoastle,  ia  elwwaro  or 
Maryland,  where  he  lived  for  two  years  among  his  cousins,  **e  later  settled 
at  Frederic!:  eouaty,  Maryland,  his  descendants  are  numerous,  and  are  acat- 
tered  all  over  the  United  States,  many  of  then  livin.  In  j.e  messoe  and 
other  southern  states.  John  Knight  Shields,  United  States  Senator  from 
Tennessee,  is  1  -rert,  great  granuson  of  this  immigrant  .illiam  shields. 

*t  may  not  be  amiss  to  include  here  a  reference  to  haniel,  who  Is 
thought  by  some  to  have  been  a  brother  of  ..illian,  John,  an.:,  ames,  and  who 
is  referred  to  by  others  as  a  cousin  of  these  three,  Be,  with  one  son,  urns 
killed  while  fighting  in  the  army  of  James  II  at  the  Battle  of  the  Boyne, 
in  1G90.  One  of  his  remianing  lona  later  became  a  high  official  in  the 
Spanish  army,  and  was  for  a  time  -o/ernor-General  of  Cuba.  Another  sur- 
viv'ng  son/ Daniel,  remained  la  Ireland,  as  did  his  descendents  for  two 
generations.  This  .ranch  of  the  family,  or  at  least  oae  part  of  it,  was 
re-converted  to  the  Catholic  faith.  James  Shields,  Seneral  and  United 


States  Senator,  dm  a  great  grandson  of  this  survivor  of  the  Battle  of 
the  Boyne.  General  Shields  founded  a  large  Iri3h  settlement  in  the  vic- 
inity of  Shieldsville,  Minnesota j  ho  is  the  only  man  -vho  has  ever  r:  pre- 
sented three  different  st»  es  in  the  United  States  Senate;  his  picture 
is  the  central  figure  in  one  of  the  great  bat tie -pictures  of  the  world, 
that  of  Chapultepec,  in  the  rotunda  of  the  uapitol,  at  Hashingtenj  he 
was  selected  by  the  Legislator  of  Illinois  as  one  of  its  two  ori  ginal 
representatives  whoso  statue*  were  placed  in  the  Hall  of  Fame?  he "is 
buried  in  Oarrolton,  Missouri,  where  a  fine  monument  has  boen  erected  by 
that  state  to  his  memory. 

James  Shields,  the  other  son  of  illiam  of  *-ntrim,  and  the  one 
of  special  importance  in  connectio  .  with  xhis  history,  remained  in  the 
Barbadoes  Islands  only  a  short  time,  havin _  come  to  Maryland  before  1660. 
^e  was  the  immigrant  founder  of  the  largest  of  the  American  Shields  fam- 
ilies, the  writer  being  one  of  his  Many  descendants,  of  the  eight*  gen- 
eration. 


Preceding  the  "Ten  Brothers" 

When  and  where  James  Shields,  the  immigrant,  died  we  do  not 
know.  Neither  do  we  know  anything  of  his  life  or  his  family  further  than 
what  is  inducted  in  a  faimly  history  v/ritten  b;:,  .illiam  Hathaway,  son  of 
George  and  Bliss  Shields  Hathaway,  an"  great  grandson  of  James  Shields, 
in  1790.   It  is  as  follows: 

"My  great  grandfather  on  the  Shields  side  was  James  Shields. 
Be  -was  born  in  County  Armagh  in  the  year  1635.  His  father  was  born  in 
County  Antrim,  4  about  the  twentieth  year  of  his  ago  he  and  his  brother 
and-  many  others  were  arrested  by  the  English  and  deported  to  the  Barbadoes 
ilands.  He  came  to  Baltimore  before  ldGO.  He  settled  first  in  Kent  County 
and  then  in  Newcastle.  His  brother  John  and  family  came  to  America  about 
the  year  1738  or  1740.   I  was  a  mere  child  when  they  arrived.  Cousin 
..'illiam  lived  with  us  about  two  years,  his  father  laving  died  on  the  ocean. 
The  family  settled  in  Frederick  County.   Ihave  not  seen  any  of  them  for 
nearly  fifty  years.  Cousin  illiam  has  a  large  family.  Great  grandfather 
Shields  died  when  my  mother  was  a  little  girl. 

"My  grandfather  was  .; illiam  Shields.  He  was  born  in  Kent 
County  in  the  year  1668.  My  gr  ndraotirr  on  my  mother  s  side  was  Jeanette 
Parker.   nrnt  Jane  was  born  January  15,  1696.  She  died  in  Lancaster  County 
in  the  year  1750.   I  hau  four  uncles.  One  died  young,   ncle  lem  was 
born  in  the  year  1699.  Uncle  James  wee  born  in  the  year  1694.  Uncle  John 
was  born  in  the  year  1709.  They  lived  first  in  Chester  County  and  ten 
moved  to  lugusta  County,  Virginia.  Mether  was  born  ana  on  June  3,  1704. 
She  died  in  Chester  County  in  the  year  1742,  being  stri  iken  with  pneumonia. 
Grandfather  was  killed  by  a  falling  log  while  helping  one  of  my  uncles 
build  a  house  in  irginia  in  1741.  Grand moth  r  lived  with  aunt  Jane  until 
her  death.   Uncle  James  died  about  the  ..ear  1750.   Bis  son  John  was  a- 
bout  my  a;e.  Be  visited  us  soon  after.   I  have  never  seen  him  since  then. 
B«  was  living  in  Berth  Carolina  a  few  years  ago.  Uncle  *ora  died  just  be- 
fore the  war.  Several  of  my  cousins  were  in  the  Continental  army.  Uncle 
Tom's  children  moved  away  and  I  do  not  knew  where  they  are.  Some  of  then 
went  south  I  think.  Uncle  John's  ehildren  scattered.  dne  lived  in  Penn- 
sylvania. One  went  to  lorth  Carolina,  One  went  to  Boone  s  settlement  in 
Prankland  a  few  years  a  o.  Some  o:  them  still  live  in  Virginia.  My  relatives 
on  mother's  side  were  all  large,  stron  ;,  long-lived  i.na   industrious  people." 


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Little  of  interest  has  been  f ovoid  in  addition  to  the  foregoing. 
The  early  records  of  Kent  County,  Maryland,  indicate  the  marriage  ofq 
William  Shields  and  Jeanette  Parker  in  1692,  and  ^lso  show  thai  Thomas 
Parker,  of  Kent  County,  by  will  dated  July  17,  1695,  proven  September  2, 
1695,  willed  to  his  scn-in-law,  William  Shields,  certain  property. 

The  Three  Brothers  in  Virginia 

The  Chalkley  Records,  and  other  historical  data  of  Augusta 
County,  Virginia,  (which  ncluded  territory  that  has  since  been  organized 
into  half  a  dozen  states),  make  frequent  reference  to  Thomas,  James^  and 
John  Shields,  who  settled  in  what  is  now  lvockingham  County,  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valle:  of  Virginia,  in  1740,  havine:  come  from  Chester  County,  Pennsylvania. 

James  Shields  was  listed  as  a  "cordwainer,"  or  shoemaker.  L 
1746  he  bought  298  |  acres  of  land  on  Moffett(s  creek.   He  died  in  April, 
1749,  leaving  a  widow,  whose  maiden  name  was  Jean  Armstrong,  and  a  minor 
son,  John.  Having  left  no  will,  his  brother  John  was  appointed  to  administer 
his  estate.  The  son  John,  shortly  thereafter,  settled  at  Eockfish  Gap,  in 
Amherst  County,  Virginia,  but  in  1752  h©  bought  land  from  Beverly  llanor, 
situatied  near  the  original  plot  of  ^offett's  Creek,  which  \tos  paid  for 
by  his  unole  John, 

James  and  his  son  John  were  involved  in  a  lawsuit  that  is  re- 
corded under  tho  title  of  Robert  Robertson  vs.  James  and  3ohn  Shields, 
In  1746  James  Shields  sold  to  ■dlliara  Snowdon  a  tract  of  land  in  Borden's 
grant,  which  Snowden  subsequently  sold  to  Kobertson.  The  r  cords  in  the 
original  transfer  were  not  properly  entered  and  Aobertson  brough  suit  in 
174C  to  quiet  the  title.  James  died  before  its  s  ettlementj  hence  the 
minor  son  John  was  made  defendant.  The  answer  was  made  by  John  Shields, 
the  unci  ,  as  guardian.  The  sheriffls  return  in  the  case  i:jdicate3  that 
in  1752  John,  the  defendant,  lived  in  Albemarle  County,  Virginia. 

Thomas  Shields  purchased  land  from  Beverly  Manor  August  18,  1747, 
which  he  sold  to  Mathew  Thompson  in  1761.  riis  estate  was  appraised  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1782,  which  indicates  that  he  died  prior  to  that  date.  The 
hathaway  record  puts  the  date  of  his  death  as  1765. 

John  Shields,  the  grandfather  of  the  "ten  brothers,"  round 
whom  this  sketch  oenters  very  largely,  purchased  225  acres  of  land  from 
Beverly  Manor  in  1742.  His  will  v,as  filed  January  23,  1772,  in  whioh  he 
is  called  a  free-holder.   It  taemtious  his  wife,  Uargaret,  (We  do  not  know 
her  maiden  name  but  have  reason  to  elieve  that  it  was  erry, )  and  sons 
John,  Thomas,  and  Robert,  and  a  daughter  Vary*  -obert  was  the  father  of 
the  "ten  brothers."  He  was  married  in  1761  to  Nanoy  Stookton. 

The  Stocktons 


Since  this  sketch  will  be  of  interest  chiefly  to  descendants 
of  the  "ten  brothers,"  we  now  break  the  thread  of  che  Shields  Geneaology 
long  enough  to  include  sue;;  information  as  is  obtainable  concerning  the 
mother  of  these  men,  and  her  anoestors. 

Davis  Stockton,  the  grandfather  of  -lancy  Stookton  Shields, 
is  said  to  have  come  from  the  north  of  Ireland  in  the  early  1700s,  and 
to  have  settled  first  in  Lanoaster  County,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1734, 
in  G^pctland,  now  -^lbenarle  ^ounty,  Virginia.  &e  was  given  a  grant  of 
400  acres  of  land  in  that  count;-  on  1'iaroh  12,  1739,  ^e  died  in  1769. 

is  wife  a  name  was  Sarah.  Their  ohildern  were  ■'"•ichard ,  Jilliam,  Thomas 
and  Hannah j  the  latter  married  Adam  Godylouch  of  Albemarle. 


'■The  son  Richard,  referred  to  above,  also  obtained   a  brant  of 
400  acres  of  land   in  Albemarle  County  July  25,  1745,  and  later  other  grants 
in  the  sane  C0Unty.     lie  made  his  will  July  21,  1775,  and   it  was  proved 
Ootobe.-  of  the   same  year,   indicating  tliat  iiis  death  occurred  between  those 
dates.     His  wife's  name  is  not  known,     -e  had  five  sons  and  eight  daughters , 
namely:     Thomas,  Joim,  -obert,  ^avid,  and  Richard,  and.  ^kiragaret,   Sarah, 
^inneford,  Jemima,  Elisabeth*  i-eborah,  one  vtIioss  name  is  unknown,  and 

anoy;     flanoy  married  Robert  ^hields,  in  1761.     Joim  Stockton,  above  named, 
was  a  signer  of  the  -lbemarle  declaration  of  Independence. 


The  Outlines, 


From  this  point  on  this  story  concerns  itself  o  ;ly  with  the 
descendants  of  Hobert  and  Hancy  "'tockton  Shields. 


THE  TEH  BB03 


The  year  1761,  the  date  of  the  marriage  of  Robert  ^hields  and 
"anoy  Stockton,  markes  the  beginning  of  the  "modern';  history  of  our 
division  of  the  Shields  famil. .  xo  this  union  were  born  eleven  children 
a  daughter  and  ten  sons.  The  probable  or  der  of  their  births  is  observed 
in  the  followin  ;  list,  as  nearly  as  the  writer  has  been  able  to  determine 
it  from  correlative  "nvoraation: 

Janet  James 

Thomas  Robert 

Richard  John 

David  Joseph 

illiam  Benjamin 

Jesse 

All  of  these  were  born  in  what  aws  then  Augusta  County,  Vir. 
theri  birthplace  being  perhaps  within  what  is  now  Reokingham  County.  It 
is  my  purpose  to  set  down  the  family  histories  of  these  eleven  children 
and  their  descendants  in-so-far  as  I  have  bean  able  to  gather  the  facts 
co  .cerni  kg  them. 


Seeking  a  New  home 

Between  1732  and  1770  numerous  groups  of  people  from  i-kryl&nd 
and  -  onnsylvania,  largely  Scotch  aid  Irish,  had  wended  their  way  southward 
through  the  mountain  troughs;  and  among  these  pdWmeers  of  1740  we  find  the 
three  Shields  brothers  previously  referred  to.  Sot  a  fev;  penetrated  to 
the  Shenandoah  Valley  through  the  pusses  of  the  Blue  Ridge  from  eastern 
Virginia  and  the  &arolonas.  The  line  of  settlement  had  benn  gradually 
pushed  forward  until  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution  it  had  reached  the 
upper  waters  of  the  Yadkin  Mver,  in  the  northwest  corner  of  orth  Carolina; 
and  there  were  no  longer  any  free  lands  in  that  entire  region.  The  far- 
outlying  frontier  upon  which  Robert  Shields'  father  and  uncles  liad  reared 
huts  forty  years  before  no  longer  abounded  in  game  and  free  pasture  for 
rovi  g  herds j  indeed,  the  frontier  liad  been  pushed  forward  to  the  west- 
flowing  streams— to  the  head -water  of  the  Monongahela,  ./atauga,  Clinch, 
French  Broad,  and  Holston. 


At  about  this  time  -^obert  Shields,  with  a  loarge  family  of  boys 
some  of  them  already  full-grown,  began  to  feel  the  pressure  for  more 
room  caused  by  the  rising  tide  of  population  in  the  fertile  Shenandoah* 
The  forbidding  mountain  ranges  had  long  hemmed  in  the  settlers,  and  the 
savages  had  formed  a  still  more  serious  barr'er  to  the  slowly  advancing 
outposts  of  civilization.  The  treaty  at  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary 
War  had  given  to  the  United  States  the  territory  between  the  Alleghany 
mountains  and  the  Mississippi,  and  with  increasing  knowledge  of  the  mountain 
pass  ;s,  and  graving  pressure  of  population  behind,  there  had  arisen  a 
general  desire  to  scale  the  hills  and  to  seek  free  lands  and  exemption 
from  tax-oollectors  beyond  them. 

Already  Daniel  Boone  had  been  makeing  excursions  across  the 
mountains.   is  glewing  tales  of  the  enormous  supplies  of  game,  the  great 
fertility  of  the  land,  the  desirability  of  the  climate  and  the  beauty  of 
the  country  had  persuaded  oth  r  restless  spirits  to  visit  the  west  country. 
In  the-  early  1780s  the  government  of  Berth  Carolina,  of  which  the  present 
state  of  Tennessee  was  then  a  part,  began  offering  very  liberal  induce- 
ments to  settlers  to  occupy  the  western  lands.  Land  offices  were  established 

in  May,  1783,  to  sell  to  immigrants  for  a  few  cents  an  acre,  and  grants 
were  made  to  Revolutionary  soldiers  to  repay  them  for  services  rendered 
during  the  vaar.    large  number  of  families,  particularly  of  the  Irish  and 
Scotoh-Irish  settlements  of  »irgim  and  '.forth  Carolina,  moved  westward, 
fflth  this  tide  of  immigration,  in  1784,  came  Robert  and  infancy  Shields, 
with  their  daughter  Janet  and  the  "ten  brothers."  During  that  year  the 
new  settlements  extended  westward  as  far  as  the  big  island  in  the  French 
Broad  River,  thirty  miles  above  the  present  site  of  Rnoxville, 
and  on  the  very  outskirts,  on  the  banks  of  Middle  Creek,  which  flows  into 
the  little  Pigeon,  which  is  in  turn  a  tributary  of  the  French  Broad,  Robert 
established  his  family  in  Shields  Fort,  built  on  what  is  now  the  F,  D,  .  . 
McMahen  farm,  near  the  present  village  of  Pigeon  Forge*  close  by  Shields 
Mountain,  in  what  ia  now  Sevier  County*  Tennessee. 

The  Trail 

There  were  no  roads  across  the  mountains  in  those  days. 
Vehicles  were  left  behind.  Pack-horses  carried  such  scanty  equipment  as 
the  settlers  brought.  The  trading  path  from  Virginia,  undoubtedly  the 
route  traveled*  by  this  immigrant  family,  as  described  in  Haywood's  history 
of  i'eunessee,  p.oceeds  nearly  upon  the  ground  that  the  Buckingham  road  has 
since  taken  to  the  point  where  it  strikes  the  state  road  in  Bottetourt 
County;  thence  it  runs  nearly  upon  the  ground  that  the  state  roar  now 
occupies,  crossing  the  Raw  River  at  the  ford  at  English's  Ferry,  onward 
to  the  Seven  Mile  t'ord  on  the  Rolston  River;  thence  it  proceeds  on  the 
left  of  the  present  state  road,  keeping  rear  the  river,  to  the  i'orth  Fork 
of  tie  liolston,  crossing  the  same  st  the  ford  where  the  state  road  now 
orossed  it,  thenoe  following  the  state  road  to  to  Big  Creek.  There  it 
leaves  the  ground  of  the  stage  road,  and  crossing  the  holstou  at  Bodson's 
Ford,  three  miles, southeast  of  Rogersville,  it  runs  by  the  Grassy  Springs, 
nine  miles  southwest  of  Rogersville,  thence  down  the  waters  of  the  :iolichucky 
to  the  Freneh  Broad,  and  crossing  the  same  below  the  mouth  of  the  Littl. 
Pigeon  River,  follows  up  the  Little  Pigeon  to  its  ford.   In  this  vicinty. 
On  the  outskirts  of  a  frontier  extending  some  four  hundred  miles,  surrouned 
by  mountains,  hemmed  in  with  heavy  timber,  Shields  Fort  vra.3  erected. 
Only  a  year  earlier  the  great  pioneer,  Daniel  Boone,  had  complainingly 
remarked,  "I  must  be  moving  on;  why,  a  man  has  taken  up  a  cabin  not 
twenty-five  miles  from  my  door." 

^rdlv  had  the  vanguard  of  civilization  crossed  the  mountains 
w:  en  the  Mian  massacres  began.  Between  1760  and  1795  every  otner  male 


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settler  hac    fallen  by  bhe  tomahawk  or  the   In  ia  i  rifle.     2Fhey  went  i  o  m 
amid   the  solitude  and  silence  of  the  wilderness,  where  few  would  mourn 
their  fall,  and    perhaps  not  even  a  rude  stone  would  tell  their  :\a:;es  to 
the  coming  gneeratio  is.     Many,  discouraged  and  broken,   re-crosjed  the 
mountains  to  the  old  settlements  in  the  east;  but  tije  entire  Skiedls 
family  remained.      Trials  abundant  fell  to  their  lot;  but  having  resolved 
to  sake  this  their  home,  neither  isolation  nor  harship  nor  fear  of  death 
could  shake  their  resolution. 


The  Fort 


Practically  all  of  the  early  settlers  lived  in  f orst.  SQ  e- 
tines  these  were  large  community  affairs,  housing  two  or  three  hundred 
people*  again  a  single  family  would  accupy  a  stockade  of  its  own«  The 
forts  of  the  i4merioan  frontier  type  would  funnish  slight  defense  against 
an  enemy  armed  with  evern  the  slightest  of  modern  artillery;  but  trey  were 
generally  sufficient  to  withstand  a  foe  possessing  onl.  tomahawks  and 
fliuclocks.  The  ordinary  style  was  an  oblong  space  surrounded  by  walls 
about  twelve  feet  high,  consisting  of  double  rows  of  logs  standing  on  end; 
earth  dug  up  from  a  ditch  that  encircled  the  fort  was  piled  against  the 
bases  of  these  palisades,  Inside  and  out,  to  steady  them;  they  wore  all 
fastened  together  with  wooden  pins,  and  their  tops  were  sharpened  in  order 
to  impede  anyone  seeking  to  climb  over.   Inside  was  a  log  cabin,  with  log 
partitions,  in  v/hich  the  families  of  the  garrison  lived.   There  was  a 
large  double  gats  mad-j  of  thick  slabs  so  arranged  as  to  be  guarded  from 
within;  thera  was  generally  a  small  rear  exit,  giving  access  to  the  spring 
nearby.  Outer  walls  as  well  as  cabins  were  amply  provided  with  port -holes. 
A  deadly  fire  could  be  poured  out  from  within,  but  the  shelter  was  bul- 
let-proof. A  good  marksman  could  work  great  iiavoc  by  firing  through  port- 
holes at  the  defenders  within,  but  few  Indians  ever  became  sufficiently 
expert  to  do  this. 

*t  was  in  such  a  fort  that  Robert  Shifclds,  his  children  and 
grandchildren,  lived  for  ten  or  a  dozen  years.  During  all  this  time  only 
one  of  Chert's  sons  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  ""early  all  of  tern  had 
thrilling  experiences  and  narrow  escapes,  and  one  was  severly  wounded. 
Robert's  son-in-law  also  lost  his  life. 


J  JSET 


Janet  Shields  (Tipton) 

2.  Shflde  Tipton  (Shields) 

3.  John  Tipton  Shields 
«j.  iiancy  Shields 
3.  Thomas  Shields 
3.  Jane  Shields 
3.   trust  Shields 

4.  John  Tipton  Shields 
4.  Bhoda  Shields 
4.  Joshua  Shields 
4.  Edwin  Shields 
4.  Rebecca  Shields 
4.  Matilda  Shields 
4.  Robert  Shields 
4.  Isabella  Shields 
4.  George  .,'.  Shields 
2.  John  Tipton 

3,  Spier  Shields  Tipton 


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3.  George  •'■'ipton 

3,  John  Tipton 

5.     liarriet  Tipton 
2.  Agnes  Tipton 
2.   lizabeth  Tipton 

Janet  Shields,  the  first  child  and  only  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Saney  Ghtoeirto-i  Shields,  was  bom  in  ffcrtinai,  IJarch  7,  1762.  She  married 
Josnua  lipton  in  Sevier  County,  Tennessee  about  1735.  Joshua  vms  a" son 
of  ueaeruly  John  Upton,  very  prominent  in  the  early  history  of  that  state. 
They  hac  five  children,  the  names  -e  know  being  ^hoda,  John,  Agnes,  arri 
blizabetn,  Josnua  lipton  was  amuscaded  and  killed  by  a  band  of  Cherokee 
Indians  April  18,  17.3,  his  brother-in-law,  Joseph  Shields,  being  severely 
wounaed  at  the  sane  time.  *t  has  benn  charged  that  the  feud  existing  be- 
tween the  Uptons  anci  the  Seviers  had  something  to  do  with  the  murder. 
These  two  families  lad  earried  on  a  bitter  quarrel  for  years,  beginning  with 
political  differences  arising  between  Generals  Tipton  and  Sevier;  the  former 
was  a  strong  advocate  of  Tennessee  remaining  a  part  of  Berth  Carolina  un- 
til it  could  be  organised  as  a  separate  state,  while  the  latter  M&a   a  leader 
in  the  movement  to  break  the  bonds  binding  the  western  settlements  to  the 
mother  state  and  organize  the  "Independent  State  of  Frankland,"  independent 
of  the  bnited  States  government. 

Janet  moved,  with  ;  er  family,  to  Indiana  in  the  fall  of  1807, 
settling  at  Brinley's  Ferry,  now  Evans  Landing,  on  the  Ohio  S-iver,  in 
Harrison  &ounty.  Later  she  settled  in  what  is  now  Jackson  County,  at  the 
fort  cooaanded  by  her  brother  James,  located  just  north  of  the  present 
site  of  Seymour,  where  s.;e  resided  until  her  death,  February  17,  1828. 

Her  daughter,  Rhoda,  married  a  first  cousin,  Joshaa  Shields, 
one  of  the  sons  of  Thomas  Shields  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians, 
further  sketch  of  him  and  their  family  will  be  found  later,  ''he  died  July 
7,  1837.  Janet's  daughter  Agnes  ^rried  ..illiam  Edwards  in  1811,  and 
Elisabeth  married  John  j.enbo  in  1018. 

To  Janet's  son,  John  xipton,  the  stato  of  Indiana  owes  more  in 
its  early  history  making  than  to  any  other  individual  who  ever  lived  within 
her  borders.  As  a  military  leader,  civilian,  and  statesman  he  filled  a 
full  measureof  honor.  His  impress  u  on  the  state  as  a  whole,  and  particularly 
upon  Columbus,  For  Wayne,  Logansport,  and  Indianapolis  will  never  by  re- 
move rd. 

^ore  tiian  one  biography  of  Jojjn  Tipton  lias  been  published  but 
the  most  interesting  of  all  the  stories  of  his  carreer  is  his  "Jounnal." 
ne  was  a  born  Indian  hater.  He  gained  his  first  prominence  as  a  minor 
officer  under  General  ^rrison,  in  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe.  He  rapidly 
rose  in  rank  and  distinction  to  the  position  of  Brigadier  General  in  the 
service  of  his  state.  General  in  the  United  3  ates  Army,  United  States 
Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs,  and  United  ''ates  Senator,  "e  was  very 
prominent  in  Mnsonio  Lodge  circles,  not  only  in  his  own  state,  but  also 
among  he  various  Lod  es  throughout  the  entier  :Iortliwest  Territory.  As 
a  member  of  the  Indiana  legislature  he  was  on  the  committee  that  selected 
■Indianapolis  as  the  capitol  of  the  state  and  he  assisted  in  surveying  and 
platting  the  town-site.  He  wa..  also  Indiana's  commissioner  who,  in  con- 
nection with  one  acting  in  like  capacity  for  Illinois,  located  the  Indiana- 
Illinois  oundary  from  Vincennes  to  Lake  Miohigan.  ne  also  founded  the 
city  of  Columbus,  formerly  called  Tiptonia  in  his  honor,  but  chan  red  be- 
cause of  political  differences  between  Tipton  ad  some  of  the  settlers, 


. 


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which  grew  so  bitter  that  Tipton  left  town  an  refused  to  return.  He  also 
founded  the  city  of  Logansport,  and  -was  prominent  in  the  early  history  of 
Fort  Wayne. 

John  Tiptonfs  first  wife  was  his  ( ousin,  Jennie  Shields,  gen- 
erally thought  to  hve  been  the  only  daughter  of  John  Shields,  the  explorers 
of  this  we  have  no  conclusive  evidence.  The  writer  lias  assumed  it  to  be 
the  case.  They  had  two  sons,  one  whose  name  is  not  known,  the  other  named 
Spier  Shields  Tipton,  v.ho  graduate  fron  ..est  Point,  was  a  caption  of  drag- 
oons in  the  Mexican  -Jar,  and  later  v.-as  commander  of  the  Indiana  troops. 

Tipton's  second  wife  was  "atilua  ^penoer,  daughter  of  his  old 
friend  Spier  Spencer.  Three  children  were  born  of  this  union.  George 
lived  e.t)d   died  in  Logansport.  Jon  graduated  fron  /est  Point  and  entered 
the  army,  but  ded  wile  in  California  just  before  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
IVar.  Harriet  married  Thonas  S.  DePont  and  settled  in  Oregon,  where  she 
deid.  Several  of  General  Tipton' 3  descendants  no*  live  in  Logansport  and 
i'ort  .'a yne. 

fpha  Tipton  died  April  5,  1839,  an?,  waj  buried  with  military 
honors  and  in  the  rites  of  the  Masonic  Order.  The  original  of  his  only 
portrait  hands  in  the  Masonic  Lodge  rooms  at  Logansport,  of  which  Lodge 
he  was  one  of  the  founders  and  for  many  years  a  leading  member. 

************* 


i  iomas 


Thonas  Shields 

2,  Joshua  Shields 

John  T.  Shields 
3*  Sancy  Shields 


3. 

Thomas  Shields 

3. 

Arnet 

Shields 

4. 

John  T.  Shields 

4. 

Rhoda  Shields 

4. 

Joshua  Shields 

4. 

Edwin  Shields 

4. 

Rebeoca  Shields 

4. 

Matilda  Shields 

4. 

.Robert  Shields 

4. 

Isabella  Shields 

4. 

George  W«  Shield 

6. 

Jane  Shields. 

The  Shields  family  v/ae  partiolarly  fortunate  in  the  matter  of 
loss  of  life  at  the  hands  of  the  savages  during  the  early  days  in  Tennessee, 
Thomas  Shields,  one  of  the  ten  brothers,  who  was  born  in  Virginia,  and  in 
1784  moved  with  the  fanily  to  Tennessee,  was  the  only  one  of  this  large 
family  who  was  killed  by  Indiana.   This  is  all  the  more  remarkable  when 
it  is  remembere  that  during  the  first  twelve  years  after  this  family 
moved  to  the  new  country  half  the  male  settlers  lost  their  lives  at  the 
hands  of  Indians. 

Thomas  Shields  was  shot  from  ambush  on  Birch  Creek,  about  ten 
miles  southeast  f  Soviervllle,  Tennessee,  while  getting  water  in  Ms 
sugar-tree  orchard  with  which  to  boil  hi3  sugar.  HI*  two  little  boys,  one 
of  them  named  Joshua,  were  in  tight  of  him  when  he  was  killed.  They  were 


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eight  end  ten  years  old.  They  were  with  the  old  blind  horse  thtt  was  hit- 
ched to  a  sled,  used  for  hauling  water.  They  heard  the  report  of  the  :juns, 
saw  their  father  fall,  and  twelve  IndiariG  run  up  to  scalp  him.   folic  the 
Indians  were  thus  engaged  the  boys  unhitohed  the  horse  and  started  for  the 
Shields  fort  about  six  miles  away.  The  Indians,  seeing  then,  quickly 
followed.  On  they  sped,  down  tue  creek,  across  the  river,  and  down  the 
valley.  *or  the  first  two  miles  the  ■'■ndians  were  frequently  within  sight. 
Then  they  crossed  the  river  again,  and  made  a  final  dash  over  Mils  and 
hollows  for  the  last  two  miles  to  the  fort.  The  Indians,  knowing  the 
location  of  the  fort,  seem  to  have  made  a  desperate  effort  to  cateh  the 
boys,  but  the  old  horse,  though  deprived  of  3ight,  made  tids  perilous  run 
over  some  of  the   roughest  country  in  Tennessee.  Do  John  Alwin  Paul  Shields , 
Who  relates  this  incident,  says  lie  has  traversed  every   foot  of  the  ground 
the  boys  passed  over,  and  he  think3  nothing  but  an  Omnipotent  hand  kept 
the  howse  from  falling,  thereby  saving  the  little  boys*  lives,  ^oth  of 
theses  boys  moved  to  Indiana  later,  probably  with  the  several  Shields  fam- 
ilies going  to  that  state  in  180.:. 

Joshua  Shields,  one  of  these  l::d3,  was  born  in  Knox  County, 
Tennessee,  He  was  married  to  his  cousir.,  Rhoda  ^ipton,  a  daughter  of 
Janet  Shields  Tipton.  He  died  in  Clay  Township,  Cass  County,  In  iana. 
Upon  settleiny,  in  Indiana,  in  Earriso.:  County,  he  enrolled  in  the  militia, 
and  served  in  the  Jar  of  1812 j  he  was  with  General  Harrison  at  Tippecanoe 
where  he  was  wounded  in  the  arm.  Ee  died  J^n.  22,  1852,  and  his  wife 
died  July  7,  1837.  They  had  five  children:  John  T.,  Nancy,  Thomas,  Arnet, 
and  Jane.  All  of  then  died  young  except  Arnet.  -'e  was  born  in  Harrison 
County,  Ind.,  Jan.  28,  1816,  and  was  married  to  Jane  Irvin  on  May  11,  1337, 
His  Children  were  John  I.,  ^hoda,  Joshua,  Edwin,  Rebecca,  Hatilda,  Robert, 
Isabella,  and  George  ■>',  Rebecca  married  R,  • .".  i.iay. 


RICHARD 


Richard  Shields 

2.  Robert  Shields 

3.  Frederick  Shields 

4.  Martha  Shields 
4.  Matilda  Shields 
4.  Jonathan  Sidelds 
4.  Elisabeth  Shields 
4,   -echarian  Shields 
4.  -  Elijah  Shields 
4.  George  Si ields 
4.  Ruth  Shields 
4.  .Tilliam  Shields 
4.   argaret  Shields 
4.  Andrew  Shields 
4.  David  Shields 

5.   .illiam  I.  Shields 
3«  Perry  Shields 

4.  Caroline  Shields  (Hawkins 
4.     5.  Ivan  Hawkins 

5.  Jennie  Hawkins 
5.  Robert  Hawkins 
5.  Roy  Hawkins 
5.  Hellie  Hawkins 
4.  Richard  Shields 
4.  Robert  Shields 

5.  George  Shields 
5,  Cass  Shields 


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4.  Barbara  Shields 

4.  Rachel  Shields 

4.  Joshua  Shields 

4.  eorge  Shields 


3. 

Joshua 

Shield 

j 

3. 

Jackson  Shields 

3. 

henry 

H.  Shields 

4. 

Mary  Shields  (Feeaeel) 

4. 

5. 

Lydia  Shields 

4. 

Ruth  E 

.  ohileds 

4. 

Rebecca  Shields 

4. 

^artha 

°ane  fields  (Roberts) 

5. 

Emma  J.  Roberts 

5. 

John  H,  Roberst 

5. 

Lliza  E.  Roberts 

5. 

^-ndrena-  . riston  Roberta 

5. 

oaia  el  H.  -Roberts 

5. 

George  D,  iOberts 

5. 

Martha  A.  Roberts 

5. 

..'illiam  £,  1-oberts 

5. 

James  Witt  Roberts 

5. 

flley  J.  Roberts 

5. 

-»ancy  Mae  Roberts 

Mary  E,  Roberts 

4. 

.alter 

Shields 

4. 

-■-.  -.. 

Shields 

4. 

Jesse 

•i.   Shields 

5. 

George  R«  Shields 

6.  Frederick  .yatt  Shiedls 

6.  Mary  E.  Shields 

6.  Roger  Kenton  Shields 

5.   illiam  &.«  Shields 

5.  Joan  -.  Shields 
4.  David  Shields 
4.  Jonathan  shields 
4.  George  Washington  Shields 
4.  Andrew  -itt  Shields 

5.   lizabeth  Shilds  (UcCauley) 

5.     6.  Leonard  ^cCauley 

5.  A.  Louraine  ^>hi*lds  (Ledbetter) 
6.  Ifayaard  ledbetter 
6,  Susie  Ledbetter 
6.  Anne  Ledbetter 
tj.   Witt  Ledbetter 
6.  Josie  Ledbetter 
6.  Lazel  Ledbetter 

5.  Susie  Shields  (alker) 
6.  .  yrtle  alker 
6.  Clarence  alker 
6«  -abel  .alker 

5.  Jaokson  shields 

5.   Samantha  Shields 

5.  George  iienry  Shields 
6.  Lester  Shields 
6.  Lena  ac  Shields 
6.  i.uOTenoe  Shields 

5.  iindrew  .  shields 


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6.  Herman  Shields 

6.  Flora  J hie Ids 

6.  Llola  shields 

6.  *'orman  Shields 
5.  l'yre  II.  Shields 

6.  Efff*  Shields 

6.  Iva  Lea  Shields 

6.  Floyd  Shiedls 


3.  Anee  Shields 

5*  Rebecca  Shields 

3.  Tildia  shields 

3.  George  '..  Shields 

3.  Araett  Shields 

4.  John  S.  shields 
4.  willlam  Shields 
4,  Commodore  Shields 
*.  Robert  Shields 

3.  Robert  Shields 


Little  is  known  of  Richard  "hied Is  except  that  he  was  one  of  the 
older  of  the  ten  brothers.  he   possibly,  and  quite  probably,  had  other 
children  than  his  son  Robert,  but  we  have  no  definite  record  of  them.  he 
was  born  in  1764, 

Robert  Shields,  son  of  Richard,  was  born  October  1,3  ,  1784,  and 
died  Ja  ;.  11,  1850.  His  ife  was  Margaret  ^Tomert,  three  years  older  than 
he,  and.  she  survived  him  twelve  years,  **i  was  a  farmer,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  was  a  Justice  of  Peace.  They  resided  at  Cade's  Cove,  Blount 
County,  Tenn.  AH  of  their  eleven  children  listed  above  are  dead,  arnett, 
the  youngest,  having  died  in  1915. 

Frederick  Shields,  the  sone  of  Robert  and  i^argaret  Emmert  Shields, 
was  parried  to  Polly  Oliver.  They  lived  on  a  farm.  They  had  twelve  child- 
ren, as  follows:  Martha,  married  Buck  Long;  %tilda,  married  a  Gregory} 
Jonatha  ,  martied  to  ^live  Greer;  Elizabeth,  married  Samuel  i.Iathev/s; 
Eacheriuh,  married  to  l;osa  Greer;  Rlijah,  married  to  Rhoda  .Valker;  George 
marrieo  to  V-lisa  ..'ilcox;  Ruth,  married  John  Gregory?  Jillian,  married  to 
Jane  MoCauley;  ^largaret,  marred  Peter  Meyers;  Andrew,  married  to  Adalino 
Carrell;  David,  Who  liad  a  son,  J.  T.,  who  was  married  to  his  cousin  once 
removed,  $oaa  J.  Roberts. 

Perry  Shields,  son  of  Robert  and  Margaret  ^mmert  Shiedls,  was 
born  Sept.  14,  1015,  and  died  Feb.  5,  1386.   e  was  married  to  Margaret 
commonly  called  Peg  ;y,  Greeg,  and  had  nine  chil  ren,  listed  in  the  outline 
above.  Caroline  married  a  H«wkin3  and  resides  near  Maryville,  Tenn.  She 
has  five  children:   Ivan,  residing  at  Route  3,  Knoxville,  Tenn.;  Jennie, 
who  married  a  Riddle,  and  resides  at  Route  8,  Knoxville,  Te;m. ;  Robert 
who  resides  near  Maryville,  Tenn,;  Roy,  and  Hellie,  m.o  live  with  their 
parents.  Riohard  Shields  was  killed  in  the  Cibil  iar.  Robert  Shields 
was  married  to  ^artha  ./allaoe,  and  had  four  sons,  lvoe,  1-iarcus,  George, 
and  Thomas,  fie  resided  on  the  Gonosoga  River,  in  -Georgia,  for  man  years, 
but  died  near  Cleveland,  Tenn.  Frederick  Shiedls  had  two  sons,  George 
and  Cass.  Barbara  Shields  married  H.  J.  Gladson;  she  is  dead,  but  -  r. 
Gladson  and  tho  children  reside  in  Culberson,  Ha  C.  Joshua  Shiel  s  also 
resides  there;  he  is  unmarried.  George  shiedls  lives  in  Colorado,  fie  lias 


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one  daughter,  i.e  have  no  further  information  co   cerning  John  and  Rachel. 

Josuua  Shields,  son  of  Robert  and  Margaret  Emmert,  was  married 
ot  a  lady  named  Johnson.  Jackson  Shields,  his  borther,  we  know  noticing  of. 

Henry  H.  Shields,  son  of  Robert  and  Margaret  Emmert  Shields, 
was  bornApr.  20,  1817  and  didd  Feb.  26,  1891.  Ke  resided  at  Cade's  Cove, 
Tenn.  ^e  was  born  at  Emert  s  Cove,  Sevier  County,  Tenn.  He  was  twice 
married,  first  one  to  ilartha  Oliver,  by  whom  he  liad  eleven  Children.  She 
died  in  1864  and  in  1870  he  was  married  a  seoond  time,  Le  was  a  farmer 
by  profession  and  a  Union  soldier  during  the  Civil  -ar.  During  the  <ar  he 
anas  wounded  bj  Confederate  raiders,  an.  -is  arm  was  rendered  almost  Useless. 

^is  sons,  George  .Vashi  gton  and  Andrew  Witt,  reside  at  Cade's  Cove, 
The  former  vas  born  in  1844  at  Cade's  Cove,  and  was  married  to  Lina  Gregory 
in  1865.  They  have  no  cliildren.  ^e  werved  for  three  years  in  the  Federal' 
army,  the  £fch  Tennessee  Infantry,  Company  B,  under  Col.  Cooper.   a  joined 
in  1862.   e  was  wounded  by  a  cannon  ball  striking  is  right  hip  In  1G64, 
and  was  mustered  oub  of  the  service  in  1865.  .-fter  his  marriage  he  went 
to  Missouri  and  1  ter  to  Kansas,  but  in  1915  he  teturned  to  Cade's  Cove. 
Andrew  V«itt  Shields  was  born  in  1850.  In  1878  he  -was  married  to  Anna 
Walker,  vho  was  the  mother  of  all  his  children.  She  died  in  1896,  and 
in  1898  lie  v.as  married  to  Mary  Lawson.  ^e  has  always  been  a  farmer,  ue 
was  for  twelve  years  a  Justice  of  the  ^'eace,  and  was  for  three  years  the 
Postmast&r  at  Cade's  Cove.  He  had  eight  children:  Elizabeth,  born  in  1878, 
married  .[.   C.  aoCauley  in  1898,  resides  at  .'.'allaud,  Tenn*,  and  have  a  son, 
Leonard  ^cCauley,  who  was  born  in  1899;  George  H. ,  born  in  1880,  was  mar- 
ried to  Polly  McGre gory  in  1900,  resieds  at  Cade's  Cove,  and  lias  three  cliildren , 
Lester  born  in  1904,  xe  Lena  ^e,  born  in  1911,  and  Lawrence,  born  in  1914; 
A  louraine,  born  in  1882,  was  married  to  J.  M.  Ledbetter  in  1906,  resides 
at  Cade's  Cove,  and  has  six  children,  namely,  Maynard,  born  in  1907,  susie, 
born  in  1909,  Anna,  born  in  1911,  tfitt,  born  in  1913,  Josie,  born  in  1915, 
an.  ^artha  ^asel,  born  in  1917;  Andrew  ... ,  bornin  1884,  was  married  to 
Franees  Oliver  in  1903,  resides  at  Cade's  Cove,  and  has  four  children, 
^erman,  born  in  1907,  Flora,  born  in  1910,  iiola,  born  in  1913,  and  Ilorman 
born  in  1015;  Tyre  H,,  born  in  1886,  wqs  married  to  Rachel  Cooper  in  1906, 
resides  at  Cade's  Cove,  and  lias  three  children,  Effa  born  in  1909,  *va  Lee 
born  in  1911,  andFloyd  born  In  1914}  Susie,  born  In  1891,  married  evi 
talker  in  1908,  resides  at  Cade's  Cove,  and  has  had  three  children.  Myrtle 
born  in  1909,  Clarence,  born  in  1911,  and  *abel,  born  in  1912  and  .ied 
in  1917;  Jackson  was  born  In  1888  and  died  in  1891;  Samantha  was  born  in 
1894  and  died  in  infancy. 

David,  another  sen  of  ^enry  H.  Shields,  was  born  in  1846  and 
died  of  measles  in  the  Federal  army  in  1863.  he   was  never  married, 
^is  sister  Mary  was  born  in  1842,  in  1861  married  ...  ...  Feezeel,  and  died 

in  1362.  She  had  a  daughter,  Lydia,  born  in  1862,  who  married  John  Knight, 
and  now  resides  in  Knoxville,  ftomj  "uth  S«  another  of  the  Children  of  Henry 
E.,  was  born  in  1848,  married  Joe  Garland  in  1861,  and  died  in  1873. 

Henry,s  son,  Jesse  ...  Shields,  was  born  in  1852,  and  in  1869  was 
married  to  a  distant  cousin,  Sarah  Shiedls,  a  grand  daughter  of  B©bert  and 
Aabra  White  Shields.  Their  son,  George  K,  Shields,  is  an  attorney,  formerly 
conn  cted  with  tie  Treasury  Department  of  the  ^nited  States ,  but  now  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  King  &  King,  attorneys,  at  Washington,  D,  C.  ue  was 
married  to  agnaa  ill  in  1902,  and  their  three  children  were  born  in  t  e 
order  listed  in  the  outline  aboe,  respectively,  in  1908,  1910  and  1913. 

.Tilliam  A.,  Shields,  another  son  of  °esse  ff.,  referred  to  in  the 


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above  paragraph,  ia  a  telegraph  operator  somowhOlt  in  Alabama. 

Renecca  Shields,  a  daughter  of  ^enry  H. ,  was  bom  in  1854  and 
in  1369  married  ^ames  Sands,  or  sister,  Martha  Jane,  v.us  born  in  1857,  and 
married  Samuel  Roberts  in  1878.  The  Roberts  r,side  in  Cade  s  Cove.  They 
have  twelve  dhildron,  Viz.,  J%na  J.,  Bora  in  1879,  married  H,    I.  3  ields, 
1903;  he  is  a  son  of  David  Shields,  who  in  turn  was  a  son  of  i-'rcderiok  and 
Poll;  over  Sniedlsf  *hey  haV3  sefen  children j  John  H»,  born  in  1861,  died 
tlie  same  year;  Eliza  B#<  born  in  1883  and  ied  the  following  year;  Andrew 
•^reeton  Roberts,  born  in  1884,  was  married  to  Lian  Oliver  in  1903  lias 
five  children,  and  resides  at  -ovo,  Teun. ;  3amuel  II.,  born  in  1887  died 
in  1890;  George  b,,  born  in  1^89  is  Chairman  of  the  County  Court  of  Blount 
County,  at  Maryville,  Term.;  artha  A.,  bom  in  1891  ia  1915  married  Al- 
bert "all,  and  resides  at  Cade  s  Cove;  '•'iXlian  E.  ^oberts,  born  in  1893, 
is  employed  at  the  offices  of  the  AXuminim  Company  of  America  at  Alcoa,  Tenn. 
James  -itt  Ivoberts,  born  in  1895,  and  *£l«y  J.,  born  in  1397,  are  in  school 
in  Maryvillej  Mancy  &ae  Cherts  was  bora  in  1901;  and  Mary  6.  Roberts  was 
bora  in  1903. 

The  remaining  chile ren  of  enry  a.  Shields,  were  waiter,  bora  in 
1860  and  died  in  1363,  arid  E.  E,,  bora  in  1864  and  died  in  1865. 

Cf  the  remaining  children  of  ^bert  and  Margaret  i:vffiiert  we  know 
that  ^*nne  "Carried  a  Gourley,  Rebacoa  married  an  Oliver,  -i-iidia  and  G-eorge 
.  never  married,  and  of  Ro  ert  we  have  no  information. 

Araett  Shields,  the  last  surviving  son  of  Robert  and  ^rgaret 
Bmnert  Shields,  died  in  1915.  lie  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Kitchens,  and 
they  reside,  in  North  carolina.  They  had  eight  children,  foru  sons  and 
four  daughters,  '■'•he  sons  are  John  S.,  -'illiam,  and  Commodore,  who  resi  e 
at  Culberson,  ^.  c.,  and  ^obert,  who  lives  at  ^>ucktown,  Tenn. 

****** 


dkYW 


1.  David  Shields 

2.  Joseph  Shields 

3.  '■  illiam  uenry  °hields 

4.  David  T.  Shields 


5. 

Mary  Shiedls 

5. 

Fran1.:  Shields 

5. 

Lillie  Shields 

5. 

henry  S^  J,  elds 

5. 

charles  ^hields 

5. 

Agnes  Shields 

5. 

Jane  Shields 

5. 

Almeda  Shiieds 

5. 

Homer  Shields 

5. 

Ola  Sliiel  s 

5. 

Rosa  Shields 

4. 

■wry  E .  Shields 

4. 

Martha  .  Shields 

:. 

illiam  Taylor  Shiedls 

■:. 

Sarah  Angclian  Shield! 

■. 

Julia^ 

Shields 

4. 

Lucy  """liields 

4. 

Laura 

A.  Shields 

4. 

Bon 

M.  Shields 

•. 

John  1 

Lesley  Shields 

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5.  Bert  . .  Shi  Ids 
5.  Lesley  T.  Shields 
5.  Perel  Shields 


4. 

Joseph  H.  Shields 

4. 

George  E.  Shields 

3. 

wanes 

Shiedls 

3. 

David 

Shields 

3. 

Joseph 

Shields 

3. 

Thorias 

Shields 

Robert  Shields 

3. 

David 

Shiel: s 

3. 

Berlin  Edwards  Shields 

4. 

Frances  .sitcomb  Sh'ipids 

4. 

i^ary  Arm  Shields 

4. 

Robert  Shields 

4, 

Eliaa  Jane  Shields 

4. 

*wry  M.  Shields 

4  . 

iilliam  Jasper  Shields 

4. 

Elijah  Benonai  Shields 

4. 

Kaomi  Elizabeth  Shields 

4. 

Sarah  Lydia  Shields 

4. 

Alice  Luiella  Shields 

4. 

Cressie  Key  Shields 

4. 

Stephen  A.  Douglass  Shields 

4 

James  f/ittis  Shields 

4. 

John  Edwards  Shields 

4. 

Kaohel  Dollar  Shields 

4. 

George  Washington  Shields. 

3. 

Jonathan  Shields 

3. 

Andrew 

^aokson  Shileds 

4. 

William  Shields 

5.  Prudence  Shields 
5.  Duena  Shields 
5.  'clndrew  L.  Shields 
5.  Elijah  Shiedls 
5.  Anna  C,  Shields 

5.  George  ^ee  Shields 
3.  Robert  Shields 
3.  James  Antrim  Shields 

4.  Celestial  Shields 

4.  S&ary  Etta  Shields   (MoCreary) 
5.  £oseph  tocCreary 

4.  George  "ifford  Shields 

4.  hevrett  Albertus  Shields 

4.  Harriet  Ida  Shields 

4.  Robert  Bruce  Shiedls 

4.  Luella  Shields 

4.  Jeremiah  A,  Shields 

4.  I*u4a  Belle  Shields 

4.  Sarah  Ada  Shields 
3.  Sarah  Shiel es 
3.  Naomi  ^oredelia  Shields 
3*  Margaret  Shields 
3.  Charlotte  Shields 
Jacob  Ejwards  Shields 

3.  Susan  Edwards  Shields  (  illiams) 

4.  Loal  -;.  wiiiiam; 

4.  Lora  K*  Lillians 

4.  L.  Borlin  Williams 


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4.  Vada  E.  ilii 

3. 

Hanoy  Shields 

3. 

Robert  *|  Shields 

3. 

Ella  Shields 

3. 

Janes  Shields 

3. 

Jesse  Shields 

4.   ;.  .;.  Shields 

2. 

Phoebe 

Shields 

2. 

Jane  Si 

-ields 

It 

David  Shields 

3* 

%ry  Shields 

3. 

■illiam  Shields 

3. 

^.  R.  Shields 

3. 

artha  Shields 

3. 

Eliza  Shields 

3. 

A.  :.  Shields 

3. 

Lucius  Shields 

3. 

Leone  Shields 

3. 

Clifton  Shields 

2. 

William  Shields 

David  Shields,  commonly  called  "Big  Dave"  was  the  largest  and  most 
powerful  of  the  ten  Shields  brothers  of  the  Sevier  County,  Te;m.  Indeed, 
he  is  credited  with  having  ben  "the  bi  gest  and  best  man  who  ever  rowed 
a  flat-baot  on  the  Mississippi."  He  was  born  in  Virginnia  in  1760  and 
settled  in  Tennessee  in  1784.  In  1G04  he  settled  in  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
and  ingaged  in  the  business  of  freighting  goods  by  flat-boat  between 
Cincinnati,  and  Hew  Orleans.  The  na.e  of  :us  fii*$t  wife  is  unknown,  but 
they  had  a  son,  Josephj  whether  there  were  other  children  we  do  not  know, 
but  If  so  theyhave  not  been  hoard  of j  ther-  probably  were  not.  His  second 
wife  was  Susan  Edwards,  a  daughter  of  Bahort  Awards,  formerly  of  lew  York. 
This  marriage  was  probably  about  1786,  ami  to  t  .is  union  were  born  at 
least  six  children,  namely,  those  (except  Joseph)  numbered  2"  in  the 
preceding  outline.  David  was  buried  at  Athens,  Tenn.,  in  which  place  he 
spent  the  latter  days  of  his  life. 

Aia  interestnig  story  has  been  handed  down  conoemin^  the  fchysioal 
powers  of  David  Shields.  In  the  early  days  a  nan  named  Thompson  came  to 
Sevierville  on  the  occasion  of  some  public  gathering,  and  mounting  a  stump 
announced  that  he  -.rns  the  best  man  in  sevierville,  and  better  then  anybody 
who  could  be  brought  there.  David  Shields  asked  him  to  except  his  friends, 
and  he  replied  that  he  Would  except  nobody.  So  David  told  him  he  would 
havr  to  fight.  They  set  a  day  and  picked  tiieir  seconds.  When  the  new  went 
out  that  these  two  powerful  men  were  going  to  fight,  people  gathered  from 
Blount,  Cocke,  .Knox,  and  Jefferson  Counties  to  witnes  the  enoounter.  A 
rin :  was  made,  and  the  men  stripped  to  the  waist  and  took  their  places 
within  the  circle.  Thorn. -■son  began  to  spar  for  an  advantage,  watbhing 
Shields1  right,  not  knowing  that  David  oould  hit  as  hard  and  dextrously 
with  his  left  as  with  lis  right*   'Haen  Thompson  attemtped  to  break  down 
his  ,-uard,  David  hit  hia  with  his  left,  knocking  him  down  ana  breaking 
his  jaw.  Thus  ended  what  promised  to  be  the  greate  t  pubulistio  matoh 
ever  staged  in  eastern  Tenn.,  and  Shield j  had  not  even  been  touched  by 
his  opponent. 

Joseph  Shields,  son  of  David  by  his  first  wife,  was  born  in  1785. 
The  Christian  name  of  this  vife  was  Sarah  Adeline,  but  her  maiden  name  is 
unknown,  ^e  v.as  born  in  Sevier  uounty,  Tenn. ,  and  removed  with  his  father 
to  Kentucky  in  1808.  xn  the  early  1820s  ho  settled  in  honroe  County, 


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Indiana,  where  he  reared  his  family  of  five  boys ~» ill ian  ^enry  Harrison, 
James,  David,  Joseph,  arid  Thomas.  If  information  lias  been  obta'ned  con- 
cerning any  but  the  fir.;t,  who  was  born  in  ilentu  ky  la  1819,  and  died  in 
his  hone  near  Bloonington,  Ind.,  in  1900.  Be  ;ias   married  to  Mary  Eullin 
in  1341,  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children.   They  were  David  T.,  concerning 
whoa  more  will  be  said  later;  ary  E.,  bornin  1344,  married  Andrew  J. 
Lamkinsj  Martha  J.,  born  in  1043,  married  Philip  Bond;  .'illiam  Taylor, 
born  inl846  married  Ellen  ^enuingt  ii;  Sarah  Angelina,  born  in  1351,  married 
David  Holmburg;  Julia,  born  in  1054  married  George  Stapler;  Lucy,  born  in 
1854,  married  Allen  Carter;  Laura  A,  Born  in  1057,  married  Thomas  -ennington, 
Belle  M.,  bom  in  1860,  married  Samuel  Hall;  John  .Lesley,  of  whom  more  is 
said  later;  Joseph  H.,  born  in  1865,  married  to  Ella  i-Ieroer;  end  George  E. 
born  in  1871,  and.  died  trie  same  year. 

David  J-,  Shields,  referred  toabove  as  the  son  of  .illiam  ^enry 
Harrison  Shields,  was  born  in  1842,  and  in  1864  was  married  to  Sarah  F. 
Mize.  They  had  eleven  children,  as  follov.sj  ^ary,  bom  In  1865,  married 
Allen  tower jf   in  1889;  Frank,  born  in  1867,  married  to  Jane  Stephens  in 
1389,  Lillie,  bom  in  1869,  married  Kufus  Todd  in  1893;  ^enry,  bom  in  1371 
married  to  ^artha  Hensley,  in  1399;  Charles,  born  in  1873  and  died  the 
same  year;  &gaes,   born  in  1875,  married  Homer  Butchor  in  1895;  ''ane,  born 
in  1877,  married  Gharles  Bailey  in  1900;  Almeda,  bom  in  1879,  died  in  1901; 
Homer,  bom  in  1881,  married  to  iJellie  last  in  1907;  ula  born  in  1883, 
married  Carmie  Deckard  ^hields  lives  on  a  farm  ne^r  Bloomington,  Indiana. 

u  John  Wesley  Shields,  previously  referred  to  as  a  son  of  •  lliam 

^  enry  Harrison  Shields,  was  born  in  1363.  He  resieded  in  Los  Angelse3, 
California,  In  18G4  ho  '..us  married  bo  Cora  B,  Hays,  and  tliere  lave  been 
born  to  them  the  following  children]  Bert  0.  born  in  1885,  married  to  Myrtle 
Bourk  in  1910;  Lesley  T.,  born  In  1387,  married  to  Mary  BotoriC  in  1912; 
Pearl  E.,  bom  in  1897  married  L,  B.  UoFeel  1014. 

Robert  Shields,  the  oldest  3on  of  David  and  his  second  wife, 
St\san  Shields  ,  was  bom  January  16,  17a7,  in  Sevier  County,  '^ernx. ,  and 
died  in  uctober  1369,  in  Canton,  111.  His  first  ?riLfe  wag  Jaomi  Little,  who 
•.ms  born  DGC.  12,  1735,  and  died  liove  14,  1854.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
ffflfe  Little,  His  second  wife  was  S-rena  Brown,  by  whom  he  had  no  ohildren. 
He  settled  in  ^anton,  111.  in  1825,  was  a  farmer  and  a  preacher  of  the 
united  Bretheren  Church.  By  his  first  /rife  he  had  ten  children,  as  follows: 
David,  whos  ras  married  to  ''ane  goldsmith;  Berlin  Edwards,  of  whom  more 
will  be  said  later;  "onathan,  bom  in  1815,  married  to  "fcry  Ana  Reefes; 
Andrew  Jacson,  of  whom  more  will  be  said  later;  Robert,  born  in  1823, 
married  to  Rhue  &m\  Hull;  James  Rntrira,  of  v.liom  ore  will  be  said  later; 
Sarah,  who  married  Alfred  Brown*  IJaomi  Cordelia,  bora  June  2,  1818,  married 
David  Brown;  Margaret,  bora  in  1830,  married  Adr.m  Stambaugh;  Charleotte, 
married  David  Breeden. 

Berlin  Edwards  Shields,  son  of  Robert  and  Jaomi  Httle  Shields 
referred  to  above,  was  born  Dec.  Ir,  1311  to  EHse  Ham,  of  Hanson,  J-nd. 
and  on  Jan.  24,  1839,  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  E  gers,  at  ^ewistown, 
111.  Be  resided  first  at  uorydon,  and  then  in  Fulton  °ounty,  I  11. #  and 
later  in  Oregon,  and  died  -ujust  6,  1891,  near  Ukiali,  Calif,  "is  second 
wife  was  a  daughter  of  Benonni  EggerO,  o>?  arris-vi  County,  Ind.,  where 
she  was  born  0ct.  17,  1824;  she  died  ab  Uklah,  Calif.,  June  27,  1908. 
Mr.  Eggers  was  a  farmer  and  a  United  Brethren  minister.  The  children  of 
Berlin  Awards  Shields,  by  his  first  wife  were  Francis  .hitoonb,  born 
arch  1,  1832,  married,, first  to  Druscilla  Thomas,  seoond  to  atilda  J. 
Rhodes;  he  resides  in   suer  county,  Nebraska;  Hary  Ann,  bora  March  11,  1833 
married  John  rutman;  Robert  bora  June  3,  1835,  died  two  yers  leter;  BUM 


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Jane,  born  in  January,  1838 ,  died  in  1842.  By  nis  second  wife  his  children 
..'ere  Lary  ;!.,  born  in  1340,  married  Berlin  Joimso-:;  ''illiamJasper,  born  ^ept. 
10,  1548,  married  to  hlizabeth  IanPlark,  and  died  May  14,  1913;  Naomi  Eliza- 
beth, bora  March  18,  1S54,  and  died  march  22,  1866j  Sarah  Lydia,  born  Jan. 
25,  1856,  maried  diaries  Averill,  and  died  "'ept.  6,  1899;  Alice  Luel  a, 
born  Feb. 6,  1858,  narried  John  'i.   Dollar;  Cr  easie  Key,  born  in  1860  and 
died  in  infancy;  Stephen  A.,  Douglas,  born  April  30,  1862,  died  in  1875; 
James  >'ittis,  born  Hay  13,  1860,  married  to  Net"ie  Tindall;  Jolin  -^divards, 
born  April  14,  1866,  in  Jackson  County,  Oregon,  in  1895  imrried  to  Anna  .. 
Fairfax,  who  >ms  a  dau ghter  of  Geo.  -.  Fairfax,  born  in  Kortantown,  •.  Va., 
July  8,  1855;  the,  resied  n  a  farm  near  .kiah,  Cal.  Raohel  dollar,  born 
July  28,  1871,  married  Melvin  Fairbanks;  George  Washington,  born  June  8,  1871, 
and  married  first  to  -*ddi..  Doolev,  second  to  Minnie  Eickford. 

ndrew  Jackson  shields,  a  son  of  "^obert  art.  .iaomi  Little  Shields, 
referred  to  above,  came  to  Fulton  County,  Illinois,  about  1234,  V  occupation 

e  ..as  a  blacksmith.   Ihe  y»  r  of  his  btrth  is  not  known;  he  died  in  1848, 
His  wife  was  Margaret  Red,  and  thsir  children  were  seven  in  number,  but  we 
kno  only  the  name  of  one,  William,  w  .o  v.us  born  in  lo36;  in  1861  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Nancy  A,  -ilcoxea,  on  liarch  14.  The  children  oi'  -'illiara  and  Nancy 
were  named  Prudence,  Leuella,  Andrew  L,,  Eli.iuh,  A&na  C.,  and  geor  ,c  ^ee,  but 
further  than  this  we  knew  ..oti.ing  of  them, 

James  Antrim  Shields,  also  a  son  of  Robert  and.  Jaomi,  referred 
to  above,  was  born  Feb.  12,  1824,  in  Wayne  Count;-,  Indiana,  H«  was  married 
three  times;  first  to  Elizabeth  chrook,  second  to  Sarah  Jane  latum,  and  third 
to  Sarah  J.  McGrew,  at  Fairfield,  Iowa,  April  1,  1872.  lle  died  at  Los  Angeles 
July  16,  1888.  He  had  ten  children.  By  his  first  wife,  Celestial,  born 
Nov.  16,  1S43,  Married  xsaao  Cooper;  Mary  Etta,  born  Kay  6,  184C,  Mar.-ied  .11- 
liam  ^eCreary,  ard  has  one  son,  Joseph  ^cCreary,  a  cigar  manufacturer  in  Canton, 
111.  Aeorge  Aifford,  born  Feb.  16,  1849,  married  to  Sarah  ft,  Gfllimore, 
and  is  a  florist  in  Los  AU£oles;  Hewett  Albert  s,  a  farmer  by  occupation, 
born  July  4,  1852,  married  first  to  Bridget  eDroom,  and  second  to  Ellen  Cite; 
he  oam  e  to  Fulto:-;  County,  Illinois,  in  1826;  Harriet  Ida,  born  June  19,  1855, 
married  James  ilutLon  Downs;  Robert  Bruce,  born  Dec.  10,  1857,  died  in  Feb.  1871 j 
Luella,  born  °  n.  6,  1861,  married  ^harles  I -.  Lanke;  Jeremiah  A.,  born  -4ov. 
6,  1860,  married  first  to  Uora  Evelyn,  and  second  to  Delia  Evelyn.  By  his 
third  withe  the  children  of  James  Antrim  Shields  were  Luda  Belle,  born  July 
1,  1874,  married  Ul;  sses  L.  ^clntosh;  and  Scrah  -.da,  bom  0«t.  15,  1876,  mar- 
ried Marion  B.  Flood. 

^acob  Edwards  Shields,  a  son  oC   Berbers  and  ^asan  Bdwards  Shields, 
Was  born  June  12,  1803,  in  Sevier  County,  Tenn. ,  and  died  ct.  2,  1887,  in 
Canton,  111.  After  the  death  of  I  is  mot,  r,  -  tie  yeat  •  saml  boy,  he  was 
taken  by  his  sisters,  Jane  and  Phoebe,  to  resied  in  Bilmont,  Ala.,  where  he 
afterwards  married  three  times.  After  the  Civil  ./ar  he  settled  in  Canton, 
111.  His  first  wife  was  Nancy  Yates,  th©  second  was  named  xcClatchey,  and 
the  name  of  the  other  is  unknen.  By  his  various  wives  he  had  six  chil*ren 
as  follows:  Nancy,  who  married  A^os  Lawrence;  Nancy  who  married  Ames  Law- 
rence; Susan  Edwards,  of  w  on  i  ore  ..111  be  saidnlater;  Robert  B.,  who  was 
married  to  Sally  Lee;  -11a  ;ho  married  Samuel  Marvel;  James,  who  was  marri  ed 
to  Mary  Cooke;  and  ^esse,  whose  widow  lives  near  Tu.:  el  Hill,  re*,  ani  Whose 
son  .'.'.  '.:.  Shields,  is  editor  o  the  Star  at  Dayton, 

Susan  .dwards  Shields,  referr-d  to  rove  as  the  daughter  of  uacob 
Bdwarda  Shields*  was  born  July  22,  1842,  in  Belfast  Ala.,  where  he  resided. 
She  was  married  after  removing  to  Canton,  111.,  her  husband  being  I  dward 
'illiams.  They  had  four  children,  til  born  in  Canton,  namely:  Loal  . 
.illiams,  born  0ot.  27,  1871,  marrie  d  Alexander  -eaver;  Lot>ra  A.   illiams 


born  ct.  10,  186S,  married  to  JeAn  Pintlandj  L.  Berlin  Williams,  born  Jan. 
27,  1S78,  married  to  Lulu  Lovej  and  Vada  B,  filliasus,  born  May  19,  1880,  mar- 
ried Clarence  Albright, 

Phoebe  Shields,  one  o  the  daughters  of  David  and  Susan  Edwards 
Shields,  married  a  man  named  Deer*  Both  she  and  her  sister,  Jaae  Shields, 
resided  in  Belfast,  Ala. 

David  Shields,  Jr.,  son  of  David  and  **usan  Edwards  Shields,  com- 
monly known  as  "Little  Dave,  "  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1805.  ^is  wife  was 
Eliza  Onion,  of  Indiana.  He  resieded  for  several  ye-rs  in  Louisville,  and 
later  in  Pulton  County,  1111.  Among  his  ten  children  were  Mary,  who  married 
Jacob  BurgflHMj  William,  married  to  Catherine  Barnes;  C,  R.,  who  Be  wife  and 
Mary  Burgess;  Martha  married  John  Lantson;  Eliza  married  lielson  Kofctonj  A. 
P.  was  married  to  Tamar  zbellj  Lucius j  Loonej  and  Clifton. 

************ 


WILLIAM 


U     William  Shields 

2.  Robert  Shields 

3.  Elijah  Shields 

4.   eremiah  Shileds 

'  5.  Elijah  Shileds 

6.  Glen  ^hileds 

6.  Jetta  Ann  ^hiolds 

6.  *We  Shields 

5.  For  est  Shiedls 

6.  Ro;  Shields 
6.  Edn  Shields 
6.  Ursula  Snialds 
6,  Harry  Shields 

5.  Maryete  Shields 
5.  Katherine  Shields 
4.  Mary  Shields 
4.  **artha  Shields 
o,  Jonathan  Shields 

4.   illia  i  I '.'ashington  Shields 
4.  wary  J.  Shields  (Dixon) 

5.  Jonathan  Ami  Dixon 
5,   Ira  Tipton  Dixon 
4.  Amanda  Ann  Shields 
4.  Jenena  Shileds 
4»  Elizabeth  Shields 
4.  Sarah  Catherine  Shiedls 
3.   .'illima  Shields 

4,  .:illiam  Preston  Shields 
4.  Eliza  Shiedls 
4.  Martin  Shields 
4.   Josiah  ">hiel;-.  s 
3.  Elizabeth  Shields 
3.   Emily  Shields 
2.  Samuel  Shields 
?..  James  Shields 

3.   illiam  Preston  Shield! 

4.  Sarah  Jane  Shields  (Button) 

5.  Anna  Button  (Stewart) 
6.  Janes  Stewart 
6.  Jeanetta  Stewart 


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fc 


Agnes  ^rgaret  Shields    (Boyd) 

5. 

Jesso  K.  Boyd 

6.     Grover  Cleveland   Boyd 

G,     hay  LeEoy  3oyd 

6.     Zelphs 

G.     Agnes  Boyd 

6.     Neva  Boyd 

6.     Gladys  Boyd 

6.  Velraa  B0yd 

6.     Earl  French  Boyd 

6.       dthel  Boyd 

6.      hobert  Boyd 

6.     Gerald ine  Boyd 

5. 

Saauel  J.  Boyd 

6.      SF illia;-!  ho  ard  Boyd 

6.     Marian  ^th  Boyd 

6.     Arthur  Thorns  Boyd 

6,  Dorothy  Ella  Boyd 

6.     Earl  Frederick  Boyd 

6.     Elizabeth  ^rra  Boyd 

5. 

Charles  3.  Boyd 

5, 

Ernest  J«  Boyd 

5. 

^ry  Elizabeth  Boyd   (Eenyon) 

6,     Bailie  B.   Eenyon 

6,     ii^rodl  Boyd  Eenyon 

6»     Hazel  Bemadine  Eenyon 

6.     Horace  B.   Kenyon 

6.     Eelen  Bemice  Kenyon 

5. 

LeRoy  C.  Boyd 

5. 

Earl  Boyd 

5. 

Ansa  Eaxel  Boyd      (Jo-ies) 

6.     Thelnia  Jones 

6.     Freda  Lucille  Jones 

6.     .Villia-    Jones 

/illiaa  Sharp  Shields 

5. 

My  tie  Shields    (Eoffstot) 

5. 

Maude  Shields   (Sweet) 

6.  Lester  Daniel  Sweet 

6.  Kenneth  Sylvester  Sweet 

6.  Robert  Denton  Sweet 

(harried  Dorothy  Hoover,  1924) 
5.  Jennie  Shields  (Broraagem 

6,  John  Eromagen 

6.  klargaret  Broraageaq 

6.  Elizabeth  Broaagera 

6.  Norton  Bromagem 
5.   Janes  Prestos  Shields 

6.  Noel  Chanecy  Shields 

6.  Eerie  Eugene  Shields 

6.   Eorraa  Aaexda  Shields  (Lo.vedenslager) 
5.  Elizabeth  Shields  (honer — Eollf) 
5.  Winona  SLIJUdj 
5,  Hiran  Denton  Shields 
5.  Blanche  SbJtedla  (Jones) 

6,  Uargaretta  "  ucille  Jones 

6.it  Richard  -^ver  Jones 
5.  John  '■'■'ipton  Shields 
5,   Ruth  Shiedls  (Barr-^IcGee) 
4.  Preston  M,  Shields 

5.  Lena  Siiields  (Kiner) 

6.  Margaret  Kiner 


5. 

Enaa  Shields 

5. 

Bruce  Shields 

5. 

Frances  Shields 

5. 

lipton  o.  ields 

5. 

Samuel  Shields 

Mary  Y. 

lien  Shiedls  (Cain— -S«wby) 

4. 

Jesse 

LaSallo  Cain 

4. 

Sarah. 

Jane  ^'ov/by  (Johnson) 

5. 

America  Johnson 

5. 

John  Hohnson 

4. 

Susanna  Philausa  xlev.-by  (Chase—  Hoback) 

5. 

Luella  Chase  (Bolin^er) 
6.  Frank  Eolinger 
6.  Ra|ph  Bolin-er 

5. 

Mary  F.  Chase 

5. 

Delia  J.  Chase  (llarrell) 
6.  Annie  llarrell 
6.  Cora  llarrell 

5. 

Robert  J.  Chase 

5. 

Nellie  P.  °hase  (COx) 

5. 

Arthur  R»  Chase 

4. 

Paroiainta  Stokes  ^e*iby  (Carney) 

5. 

^niie  Finley  C&rney 

5. 

Cora  Kay  Carney 

5. 

Je3se  hovjard  C-.rney 

5. 

James  Frank  Carney 

6,  Josephine  Ruth  Carney 
6.  Elbert  hayoond  Carney 
6.  Mary  liargarct  Carney 

6«  Esther  Louise  Carney 
6,  ilildred  Franoes  Carney 

5. 

John  Sajph  Carney 

5. 

Uoscoe  Cu- 
6.  John  Ralph  ^arney 

4. 

Labeca  Lallar  ifeaiby 

4. 

Lahor 

LaBue  iJewhy 

4. 

Hair/  I 

"lorenoc  H*wb^  (Asher) 

4.  henry  Ecr»-ard  tfevjby 

5.  Nancy  V.  liewby  (Eansdell) 
5.  i-^ary  h'evrtr;  (Campbell) 
5.  Eovjard  A,  Treaty 
5.  James  H.  Newby 
3.  Join  Tipton  Shields 

4.  Elisabeth  Shields  (Ross) 
5.  Tipton  Ross 
5.  Bam  hoss 
5.  Albert  Rom 
4.  Scott  Shields 
4.  Rosa  Shields 
4.  Bring  s<  i&lds 
3.  Eliza  J.  Shields  (Brown— Sullivan) 
4.  ^harlotte  Brovm  (Eckstein) 
5.  Lulu  Eckstein  (Long) 

6.  Charlotte  Long 
5.  Clifford  Eckstein 

6»  Brontz  Eckstein  (Wilman) 
5.  Kolhie  Eckstein  (Riley) 
5.  Fritzie  Eokstein  (llinkle) 
5.  Brifitow  Eckstein 

6.  LaVerne  Eckstein 


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4.     Kartha  Bro%vn 
4.     ilary  Brown  (Vawter) 
5.     Joan  Vaster 
5.  Louise  Vawter   (Green) 
5.      iioaa  Vawter 
3.     Ilanoy  Ann  Shields   (..ise) 
4.     Jessie    Jise 
4.     Martha  >>ise  (Long) 

5.   Elizabeth  Long 
5,  harry  0.  Long 

6.  Ruth  Long 
6.  Catherine  Long 
6.  Margaret  Long 
5.  Charles  H.  Long 

5.  lielen  Long 

6,  John  Long 
3.  James  Sevier  Shields 

4.  Ciiauncey  Barner  S .  ields 
4.   Ja-r.es  Martin  Shiedls 
4.     5.  Frank  B.  Shields 

5.  ^ary  Mabel  Gilford 
4.  William  Tipton  Shields 
5.  Halter  Shields 
5.   Tesley  Shields 
4.  ^esse  Shields 
3.   Charles  Shields 

4.   Bruce  Shields 

5.  Charles  Brown  Shiedls 
5.  Mary  Louise  Shiedls 
4.  Tipton  Shields 

5.  Marie  Shields 
-  5.   Ceoil  Shields 
5.  Jennie  Shields 
5.  Seryl  Shields 
5.  Earl  Shields 
4.  Lucy  Shields  (MoConnell) 
3.  5.  John  frank  MCconnell 

5.  Charles  Bruce  ?«cCon_'iell 
u.  Sarah  T.  Shields  (Wilson — Jackson) 

4,  Elinor  Jackson 
3*  Diana  nicest is  Shields 
o.  liarvey  Shields 
3.  -Jinfiedl  Shields 
.illiam  Shields 

3.  Mary  Shields 
3.  Mark  Shields 
j.  Jane  Shields 
3.   Sanuel IShi  Ids 
3*  Jesse  Shields 
Nancy  Agnes  Shiolds  (£lliott) 
3»  Rebecca  ana  ^lliott 
3.  Jesse  Elliott 

,  Heasty  i'.cCuleb  Elliott 
3.  Jasper  Newton  Elliott 
3.  John  Perry  Elliott 

3.  Ruth  Jans  Blliott  (Bristol— Derrick) 
4.  John  Derry  Elliott  Derrick 
5.  Roy  Garner  Derrick 
6.  Lyle  Derrick 
6.  Joioi  Lar  .in  Derric 


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2. 


5.  v.'illie.ia  B«*ry  Perriek 

5.  Hazel  ^ay  Derrick  (K&rdy) 

6.   Carl  Hardy 
5.  Lylc  Joi  ai  Derrlok 
4.  Mary  Ovanda  -errick 
4.  -aricy  'illinor  Derrick  (Wilson.} 

5»  Alb  it  BisneliEtg  -ilso:^  (Evans) 
6,  Ruth  Evans 
6.  Ralph  -vans 
6.  Sllinor  Josephine  Evans 
5.  uarl  iJnery  Hiison 

6.  Paul  ilso.i 
5.  Blanche  Ell  trior  ..'ilson 
5.  William  Henry  i  ilson 

C.   Loir,   ilson 
5.   John  Elliott   i.lson 
4,  RuthJane  Derrick  (rlorey) 
5.  Dorr  Derrick  Uorey 

6.  Deryll  D.  --orey 
6.  Allen  Dwlght  ^orey 
5.  Claude  Franklin  **oray 

6.  Russell  Franklin  Horey 
4.  Edith  Dlyasas  Derrick 
4,  Asa  Emery  berried 
j.   ADsaloia  ElliODt 
3.  Margaret  ';-'..  Elliott 
3.  Elisabeth  Ann  Elloitt 
3.   Isako  Tipton  Elliott 
Rhoda  Shields  (ROse) 
3.   Eael  iol  Hose 
3.  Essnaliae  tose 
3.  Elizabeth  Rose 
3«  Jaaies  Hose 
3.   mr^aret  Ann  Rose 
3.  Cyrus  Rose 
Elizabeth  Shields   (Lindsay) 
3.  Joim  Lindsay 
3.  Tip-ton  Lindsay 
3.  Sathan  LiJ.say 
Rebecca  Shields  (Davis) 
3.  Nancy  Davis 
3.  Elizabeth  Davis 
3.   "trion  Davis 
3.  Jawes  Davis 

3.  Margaret  Duvis 

3.  Hoteoea  Davis 
Janet  Shields  (  illiw.ison) 
3.  Jlanoy  -Jilliamson 
J.  James  ..iilianson 
3.  John  "illiamson 
Jesse  Shields 

3.  Mary  D.  S  ields 
3.  Joseph  Tixpon  J. .ields 
3.  William  Jay  Shields 
4.  Lefioy  Shield* 
4.  Harry  K.  Shields 

5.  Loui3  SHiel  s 
5.  Hurst  Shields 
5.  Margaret  Shield! 


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3.  Alfred  ^ead  Shields 

3.  ^lio  ay  Shields  (Kochandorfer) 

4.  Frederick  Shields  Koehendorfer 
5.  Charles  Dochendorfer 
5.  I-lary  Koehendorfer 
2.  Sarah  -J^ields   (George) 

3*  Garrett  ilson  George 

3.  ^rtha  Ann  George  (Easterling) 

4.  Hannah  Katherine  ..asterling  (Witt) 
5.  Maloolm  .Titt 
5.  Jane  <itt 

5.  Katherine  -asterling  tVitt 
4.  George  Easterling 
3.  Eliza  Jane  George 
3.  David  George 
3.  Margaret  George 

3.  Amanda  George  (Patterson — Camplin) 
4.  Efi'ie  Bay  Patterson 
4.  Gilbert  Patterson 

5.  Helen  Patterson 
5.  Horace  Kennedy  Patt.rson 
5.  Florence  Patterson 
4.  ^esse  Paterson 
3.  John  Jesley  ^eorge 
3.  Kate  George  (Darnell) 
4.  Cscar  Darnell 
4.  Florence  Darnell  (Kail) 

5.  William  Merritt  Hall 
5.   Richard  Maloolsi  Hall 
5.  Ina  Maye  Hall 
5.  John  Franklin  Hall 
5.  Florence  Margaret  Hall 
4.  Harry  Dannell 
4.  Jesse  Darnell 
4.  Omar  Darnell 
4.  George  Roscoe  Darnell 
4.  ••ilbur  Floyd  Danrell 

5.   George  Ulliam  Darnell 
5.  Ina  Blanche  Darnell 
4.  Kate  Darnell  (Camplin) 

5.  Howard  Darnell  Camplin 
5.  Gene   Everard  uamplin 
5.  ^ario.i  i^eid  Camplin 
4.  .William  0scar  George 
2.  Ezekiel  Logan  Shields 

Sarah  °hields  (Little) 

4.   Lucy  Litole  (Putman) 
5.  Paul  Putman 
5.  ""harles  Putman 
5.  Mabel  Putman 
4.  John  lnathan  ^ittle 
5.  ^ilaen  Little 
5.   Felix  Mttle 
4.  Arthur  0.  Little 
4.  °erome  Little 
3.  Garrott  "illian  °  ields 

4.   ~ora  -i-'hrodocia  Shields  (Levelling) 
5.  "tar-'  Elizabeth  -^ev/dlling 
5.   Fannie  !■!.  Levelling 
5.  Hoy  "illia:n  Lev/elling 


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5.  Evan  Shi  Ids  Levelling 
5.  Edith  aj  Levelling 
5.   lsie  "'arie  Jewelling 
4.  Estella  Hay  ^h  ields  (..att) 
5.  Wa  j1.  ..att 
5.  Cecil  Albert  .alt 

5.  ^elma  Blanche  ->alt 

6.  hazel  Irene  ..'alt 
o.  Ivan  Oral  ..alt 

5.  Goldie  Luoile  ..alt 
5.   Grace  Opal  ..alt 
5,  Louis  .  illian  ;alt 
5.  Donald  .Shields  ..'alt 

4.   Effie  Felecia  Shields  (Lasswell) 
5.   Ray  i'illiam  Lasswell 
5.  Edna  Marie  Lasswell 
5.  Elsie  *iay  Lasswell 

4.  John  Arthur  ^ -ields 

5.  James  Vincent  Shields 

4.  Jesse  Yilliam  Shields 

5.  Carl  Hague  Shields 
5.  Mary  Grace  Shields 

4.   j-lsie  Elizabeth  Shields 

4.  Earl  Raymond  shields 
3.  Mary  *«  Shields 
3.  Jo.in  ^lnathan  Shields 

4.  Harlftn  William  Shields 

4.  Artiir  Shiedls 

4.  Otis  °hields 

4.  Onie  Shields 

6.      Sadie  Shields 
31 ~4fargaret  Semyra  Shields    (Elliott) 
John  fields 


william  Shields  was  one  of  the  older  of  the  ten  brothers,  but  we 
do  not  know  the  exact  date  of     is  birth,     he  was  born  about  1768  or  1770, 
in  Au  usta,  now  Rockingham,  County,  Va.,   in  the  She.andoah  Valley,  not  far 
from  the  city  of  Lynchburg,     he  is  described  as  having  heavy,  rav  n-black 
hair,   and   he    ms  tell,  rather  slender,  lithe  and  stron  ;,  unlike  his  younger 
brother  James  who  was  somewhat  heavy,  or  jjesse  who  was   small. 

X1e  spent  his  boyhood   in  the  ''henandoah  Valley,^and    in  1784  accom- 
panied his  father  and  mother,  Aobert  and  Nancy  Stockton  ^hields,  and  the 
rest  of  their  large  family,  to  the  new  hone  across  the  mounta'ns,  than  an 
unorganized  portion  of  North  Carolina,  no..'  the  state  of  Tennessee,   settling 
at  a  point  about   seven  miles   from  the  present  city  of   Seveirville. 

/illian's  first  wife  was  Margaret,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  -'ilson,  a 
pioneer  of  east  Tennessee,  prominent  in   t,h     campuigns  against  the   Indians 
and   one  of   fcha   leaders  of  '^ipton's  faotio a     n  the  feud  with  John  Sevier,  whcih 
had  been  brought  ahout  by  political  differences,   culminating  in  the  attempt 
on  th     par  t  of  Sevier  to  establish  the   Independent  State  of  Frankland.     This 
marriage  was  bout  1790,  and  to  htis  uinon  were  born  nene  children,  viz., 
Robert,   ~>:mule,  James,    .ill lam,  Nanny  Agnes,  -^hoda,   -lizabeth,  B  beoca,  and 
°anet. 

•■Hi  11am  and  .'-argaret  moved  to   Indiana   in  1808,  and   settled  in  the 
vicinity  of  thy  present   site  of  Madison,   near  the  Ohio  liiv-.;r,  where   he  lived 


f  r  about  ten  yec.rs.  uar  aret  died  here. 

Indiana,  in  1808,  was  as  wild  and  unsettled  as  'I'ennesse  had  been 
when  the  shields  family  settled  there  a  quarter  of  a  century  earlier,  but 
the  national  government  was  in  a  better  position  to  furnish' the  Indiana  se- 
ttlers with  protection  from  the  Indiana  than  had  been  the  case  with  Tennessee 
in  the  infancy  of  the  Republic.   In  1809  there  were  only  911  votes  cast  in 
the  entire  territory  of  1ndiana,  larger  then  than  the  state  is  nor,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  just  across  the  Ohio  River,  had  a  population  of  only  a  few  hun- 
dred.  In  1G08  Frederick:  ***tek  had  established  one  of  the  first  .permanent 
ferries  across  he  river,  near  the  present  town  of  Llauckport.  ""t  is  probable 
that  the  four  or  five  families  of  °l  iedls  coming  to  Indians  in  1808  cressed 
here,  as  several  of  them  settled,  temporarily  or  permanently,  ueraby.   In 
1812  the  frontier  line  extended  from  Vinoennes  east  almost  to  ^efferson 
County,  and  then  followed  roughly  the  line  of  the  Twelve  Mile  Purchase,  north 
of  the  line  of  the  National  Road,  Except  for  a  finger  of  settlement  running 
up  the  Whitewater  valley,  the  line  of  settlement  is  pretty  accurately 
marked  now  by  the  B.  &  0.  Railroad.  To  the  north  of  this  lino  no  ffhlte  person 
lived,  except  perhaps  a  few  traders  around  such  posts  as  Ft.  Seyae,  -'nderson- 
town,  and  Torre  ^-aute. 

About  1814  William  Shields  was  married  to  his  second  wife,  Amanda 
Logan,  At  this  time  hev;as  living  near  i"-adison,  aai  her  father,  ^zekielc  Logan 
probably  lived  tliere  also,  but  some  of  her  brothers  lived  in  the  vicinity  of 
Walnut  Xl-idge,  in  ,;nshington  ^ounty.  Soon  thereafter  we  find  -'illiam  i*esiding 
in  the  northern  part  of  Jennings  County  for  a  tme,  but  not  later  than  1820 
he  ahd  his  family  moved  to  tfalnut  Ridge,  near  the  present  village  of  Kossuth. 

Ezekiel  Logan  was  bom  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  of  Virginia,  near 
Harrisonville,  not  far  from  the  old  Virginia  home  of  the  $hiedls  family.  He 
descended  from  the  old  and  prominent  lo.;an  familv  of  dryland  and  Pennsylvania, 
originally  Scotch-iris h,  to  which  General  Benjamin  ^ogan,  of  Rentuclzy,  and 
later  General  John  A,  Logan,  of  Illinois,  also  belonged.  To  Amanda  and  illiam 
were  born  four  children,  °arah,  Jesse,  Ezekiel  J-ogan,  and  John,  the  latter 
having  died  in  Infancy.  The  first  two  of  these  wore  probably  born  in  the 
original  home  near  Madison,  Ind.,  and  the  last  two  in  '.Washington  ^ounty. 

■'illiam  Shields  was  feared  by  the  Indians,  ^e  did  not  make  a  practice 
of  hunting  down  savages  and  he  had  no  deep-rooted  liatred  for  them  as  did  his 
nephew,  John  Mpton,  but  on  occasion  he  did  not  hesitate  to  proceed  against 
them.  ..'hen  he  mov-d  againso  them  they  gave  him  a  eide  berth,  for  his  name 
was  known  all  up  end  drown  the  mountains  of  east  1'ennessee  as  a  terror  to  the 
redskins.  ue  was  not  only  a  man  of  the  highest  courage  and  keenest  vision, 
but  he  had  a  quickness  of  hearing  and  a  skill  in  woodscraft  exceptional  even 
among  the  pioneer  dwellers  in  the  forest.   It  is  said  that  in  this  respect 
he  excelled  the  3avage  on  his  own  /round,  he  is  credited  with  being  able  to 
walk  through  the  dry  leaves  of  the  forest  and  make  no  perceptible  sound.  ile 
could  trail  and  Ind inn  even  in  the  night,  and  he  could  find  his  way  about, 
unerringly,  with  neighter  moon  nor  stars  to  guide  him  .  Be  was  particularly 
adept  in  the  t>rt  of  imitating  the  birds  and  beasts,  and  other  sounds  of  the 
forest.  He  could  distinguish  a  Seminole  or  a  Cherokee  or  a  friendly  Chicka- 
saw as  far  as  he  couLi  see  him.   In  his  understanding  of  the  ■hrxdian  character 
he  excelled  all  of  his  brothers  except  John,  and  in  physical  strength  he  was 
excolled  only  by  Lavid.  ije  had  no  aptitude  for  business,  or  "getting  ahead 
in  the  world."  -hideed,  none  of  the  Shields  brothers  had,  with  the  possible 
exception  of  James  and  Robert,  <-e  iras  a  hard  worker,  neither  better  nor  worse 
off  than  the  aver  ge  of  his  neighbors,  and  he  was  especially  devoted  to  home 
life  and  his  family. 

He  doubtless  hadjmany  twilling  experiences.  One  story  concerning 
him  has  come  don  to  us.   -"-n  the  early  d;  s  of  th  settlmenet  in  Tennessee, 


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while  the  fields  families  were  still  living  in  Shields  Fort,  .illiam  took  up 
a  claim  and  set  out  an  orchard  of  fruit-trees  on  part  of  it.  The  orchard  was 
a  mile  or  more  from  the  Fort.  One  day  William  and  Ids  wife,  f-arguret,  went 
out  to  the  farm  to  gather  peaches.  »he  had  the  baby  along.  The  orchard  was 
fenoed,  and  soon  after  they  had  entered  the  enclosure  they  saw  so^ie  Indians 
dodging  about  among  the  trees,  and  also  discovered  theri  tracks.  They  started 
for  home,  puttin  back  the  bars  as  they  v;ent  out.  They  kne;«  if  tjiej  were  dis- 
cover -d  they  could  not  reach  the  Far*   before  the  Indians  overtook  them,  and 
they  had  no  idea  how  many  there  were.  So  they  went  into  a  plum  thicket  to  hide 
and  watch.  Just  as  she  was  entering  the  thicket  ^rgaret  caught  her  foot  in 
a  vine  and  fell,  with  the  baby  in  her  arms.  There  was  a  moment  of  awful  sus 
pense,  but  quickly  iving  it  the  breast,  she  quieted  it.  William  held  the  dog 
with  one  hand,  and  in  the  other  held  a  hunting  knife  poised  to  kill  it  in- 
stantly if  it  barked.   In  those  days  every  settler  had  a  dog  sometimes  several 
of  them,  and  nwver  ventured  into  the  woods  without  it.  xo   the  watchful  sagacity 
of  his  dogs  .i illiam  once  owed  his  life.  '-i-'hese  dogs  hated  Indiana,  and  in  the 
forest  they  would  scent  one  as  they  scented  a  deer,  and  having  struck  the 
trail  of  one  they  xvould  not  be  quieted  till  their  warnings  were  heeded.  The 
Indians  also  feared  then,  and  would  often  flee  before  them  as  from  human 
antagonists.  By  some  chance  tin;  do~  had  not  discovered  the  presence  of  the 

ndians  in  the  orchard.  ->oon  seven  Indians  crept  out  of  the  enclosure  and 
went  their  way.   "Huh,"  said  William,  jokingly"  If  I  had  know  there  were 
only  seven  of  them  I  would  have  killed  five  and  the  other  two  would  have  run, 
and  we  could  have  gathered  the  peaches." 

On  another  occasion  while  ^lUSwa  was  off  his  guard,  at  a  time  when 
hostile  Indians  were  marauding  the  vicinity,  and  Indian  crept  up  within  range 
and  was  preparing  to  sh  ot,  when  one  of  Wiliam  s  dogs  discovered  its  presence 
and  gave  warning,  enabling  him  to  doige  behind  a  tree  just  in  time. 

After  the  death  of  his  second  wife,  in  1824,  Willi  am,  having  three 
small  children  on  his  hands,  his  first  wife  s  children  having  established 
themselves  in  homes  of  their  own,  married  again.  Thi3  time  he  married  a  you  ng 
woman;  we  do  not  know  who  she  was,  where  she  oame  from,  or  where  she  went  after 
his  death  t.o  years  later.  As  is  frequently  the  case,  a  young  step-mother 
especially  if  she  happens  to  be  the  wife  of  an  old  man--and  William  was  approach- 
ing the  agr  of  sixty— doea  not  get  along  well  in  hor  new  role.   -e  re  told 
that  sh©  was  jealous  of  William  s  children,  and  tried  to  alienate  their  father 
from  them,  but  without  3uccesa.  At  one  time  she  insisted  on  preparing  William's 
meals  and  serving  them  to  him  herself ,  making  the  ohildren  eat  apart  from  her- 
self and  their  father,  but  he  did  not  like  t  is  arrangement  and  insisted  on 
eating  with  his  children,  ^atters  finally  peached  a  point  where  the  children 
were  sent  away  to  live  with  relatives,  ''illiam  lived  only  a  short  itme  fifter 
this,  having  died  about  1826.  he  is  presumably  buried  somewhere  a  few  miles 
north  of  ^alem,  Indiana. 

t  has  been  difficult  to  trace  the  descendants  of  William,  though 
no  more  dixTicult  than  with  most  of  his  brothers.  The  writer  has  feiven 
more  attention  to  him  than  to  the  others.  This  is  because  .illiam  is  my 
groat  grandfather.  With  this  explanation  others  will  understnad  w£y  more 
details  concerning  this  family  rcve  been  found  and  are  here  presented  than  in 
case  of  some  others  of  the  ton  brothers  and  their  de«cendant8. 

Robert,  ^on  of  William  Shields 

i^obert  fields  was  the  first  o  ild  of  "illiam  smd  ^argaret  WilSOn 
Shields.  Le  was  born  while  the  family  was  living  in  Shields  Fort,  in  Sevier 
Oount  ,  Term.,  in  the  early  1790s,  and  he  died  in  1826.   e  know  little  of 

him,  he  oaane  into  Indian  with  '*  illiam' s  family  in  1808  and  later  was  married 


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to  Elizabeth  Davis 5   she  died   in  1891,  having  survived  him  sixty-five  years. 
They  made  their  hone  near  the   .resent  ciyt  of  Madison,   Ind.     They  had  taree 
sons,   --lijah,  Jonathan,  and    < iiliam,  sad  two  daughters,  -llaabeth  arri  ISaily, 
all  dead. 

Elijah  Shields,   just  referred  to,  was  bom  in  1  24,  near  Madison, 
ndiana,  and  died  in  1908  at  IL  llenberg,  Kan.     Kis  wife  to  whom  he  was  married 
in  1844    .as  Catherine  Morgan,  a  daughter  of  Jeremaih  Morgan,  who  owned  a  lar- 
;e  plantation  near  Louisville,  Ky.     Robert  and  his  wife  settled  in  Was  ington 
County,  ^an,,  whore  he  died.     They  had  five  children,  "eremiah,   "iiliam, 
Mary  M.,  Jonathan,  and  "artha.      < iiliam  died   in  1855,  ages  8,  the   latter  in 
1856,  a -red   6  years.     "WTy  M.  was  born  in  1850.     She  married  J*  E,  Dunford,  near 
St.  Jos.ifh,  Mo.,   in  1869,  and  resided  there  and   In  ^oniphan  County,  Xan3.     She 
now  lives   in  Eos  Angeles,  Calif.     Martha  married  V.rilliam  ^-adley,  una  they  re- 
sided for  many  years   in  Washington  county,  Kans.      She  was  born  in  1852  and  died 
in  1392.     Jeremiah  \ras  born  at  Wast  Fort,   And.,    in  1845,   and   ms  married  to 
rsuia    .'illeford,    in  1864;  he  now  resided  with  his  son,  Elijah,  at  Blfc  City, 
Kans.     She  v;as  born  in  1852  and  died  in  1892.     SttMWtoiMMMaPdnwPidtattMat 
ills  children  war:   Elijah  Monroe,  Maryetta,  Catherine,  and  two  other  that  died 
in  infancy.     Elijah  ^onroe  was  born  at  Bolleriberg,  Kans.,   in  1069,  and    in  1892 
was  married  to  Blanche  V.  Lowe;  they  now  reside  on  a  farm  near  Elk  City,  Kan. 
■""heir  children  were    iayne,  born  in  1893  and  died   in  1897,  Sien  E.,  born  in  1S95 
Jetta  I,  born  in  1900,  monroe,  born  in  1901,  Eilliun,  born  in  1903,  Roy  ti., 
born  in  1906,  Edna  S,,  born  in  1909,  Crsuiu>  bom  in  1J11,  and  Barry  01,  bor 
in  1913.     Haryetta,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and   ursula,  wma  born  in  1371,  at 
Hollenberg,  ^ans.     She  married  **.  E»  Johnson,  and  they  reside  in  ^akwood,  Okla. 
Their  three  children  are  Edward  'leil,  born  and  died  in  the  year  1903,  Celia 
Alice,  born   in  1905,  and  Howard  Monroe,  born  in  1908  and  died  two  years  later. 
Catherine,  daughter  of     eremiah  and   ^rsuol,  was  born  in  1873,  at  Hollenberg, 
Kans,,  and   in  1901  married  3,    ...  Leevy  of  Mercersburg,  Pa.     *he  reside  at 
^lk  Uity,   Kany.        They  hud  a   son,   Howard,  bonn  and  died    in  1903. 

3onathan,  the   second    son  of  Robert  and   Elizabeth  Davis  Shields,  was 
born  Feb.   16,  1826,  at  West  Port,  Decatur  ^ounty,   Ind.,  and  died   in  1879  at 
Sardiania,   *nd.,  where  he  resiede.     He  -„vas  married  to  Elizabeth  Fusil  in  1846. 
She  was  born  in  1824  and  died   in  1874.      In  1877  he  was  a  ain  married,  to  Liinerva 
Bigeton,  who  died   in  1895.  He  had  no  children  by  his   second  wife.     By  has 
first  wife  he  had  a  son,     'illian    -ashington,  and   five  daughters,  ^ary  J.,  Amanda 
■"■nn,  Jemima,  Elizabeth,  and  Sarah  Catherine 4      ('iiliam  Eashin  ton  Shields  was 
twice  married,  first  in  1865  to  Sahah  J.  ^ddleiian,  and  second  to  his  cousin 
Eartha  Davis   (second  cousin.)     ^e  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  died   in  1875.     Xie 
was  bom  Dec.   25,   1.45.     *ary  J.   Shi  Ids  wa3  born  *eb.   1,  1949,  and   in  1873 
married  Anthony  '•'.  Doxon,     They  lived  for  five  years   in  Kansas  Bid   then  moved 
to  Mansfield,   ./right  County,  Eo.,  wrier     Er.  Dixon  died  in  1909.     she  ha3  re- 
sieded  there  with  one  of  her  sons,  and   at  West  Port,   J-nd.,  and  Kellerton  la., 
with  relatives  since  his  death.     Ihey  had  ifive  sons  api  one  di .  .ighber,  tow  of 
the  sons  now  living  being  Jonatiian  ^nn  ^ixon  and   Ira     ipton  Lixon.     The  former 
was  born  in  1879,   is  married  and  resides  in  ^ansfield^  E10.     '^he  latter  was  born 
in  1381,  and   recently  moved  with  his   family  from  I*n*fiedl  to  fiellorton,    xa. 
-^hnanda  Ann  Shields  was  bom  in  March,  1847,  and  died   in  1911.     She  married  ••iiliam 
**cFarland,   in  1867.     Jemima  °hields  was  bora  in  1851,  and    in  1881  married 
Larkin  Menefeej  they  reside  in  ffyooi&g*     Elisabeth  Shiels  was  born  in  1853, 
end  in  1877  married  ^efferson    -ig  s;   they  live  in  Kokomc,   Ind.      sarah  Catherinr 
Shields  wa3  born  in  1855,  and   in  1877  married  £ohn  Ferdinand;  they  live  near 
'/estport,   -Hidiana. 

E iiliam  °'.ields,    son  of  ^obert  and   Elisabeth  Davis    Shields,   lived 
and  died   in  indiana.     One  of  his  sons,      illian  Preston  Shields,   lives   .iear 
^aytten,   ind.     A  daughter,  Mrs.  Eliza  Thurston,   lives  a  Brevrorsville,   Ind. 


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A  son,  ^attin,  lives  in  Q&Uhoma.  A  son,  Josiah,  lives  in  Arkansas. 

ve  have  no  further  information  conderning  Elizabeth  an.  ^milyk 
daughters  of  Robert  and  hliEabeth  Davis  Shields. 

Samuftl,  opn  of  *iliam  ^hislds 

We  knov;  very  little  of  uamuel.  %   separated  from  his  first  wife 
in  Indiana,  and  went  ot  Illinois,  and  later  to  Missouri  ,  and  he  and  his  des- 
cendants, if  he  ever  hed  any,  have  i.een  lost  to  the  rest  of  the  family. 

■Wes,  ^on  of  ^  1111am  Shields 

James,  commonly  known  as  colonel  <Jaa.es   Shields,  was  one  of  the 
older  children  of  '-'illiaia  and  liargaret  Shields,  was  probably  the  second 
oMld.  **•  gained  nil  military  title  because  of  h:'s  activities  in  the  «Jar  of 
1812  and  in  the  Indian  campaigns  during  the  territorial  days  of  Indiana,  K© 
was  born  in  Sevier  County,  Tenn.,  in  August,  1794,   e  came  with  his  parents 
to  southern  Indiana  in  1808,  settling  first  at  what  was  Old  Port  Columbia, 
north  of  Brewersville,  then  a  wilderness,  but  later  making  hia  home  at  Vernon. 

o  entered  the  land  now  know  as  the  I'arm  of  ^ames  E>«  HcCa  aion,  on  Sand  Creek 
above  Brewersville,  before  Indian  became  a  state. 

ue  was  twice  married;  his  .'irst  wife  Has  Sarah  J.  ^cCausland, 
v.ho  died  about  1834;  his  second  wife  was  a  widow,  whose  maiden  name  was 
^artha  "'ilson,  but  w::ose  first  husband  was  a  iioCaslin,  his  children  by  his 
first  wi  e  wer-=  "illiam  Preston,  ary  i^llen,  John  ipton,  hliza  J.,  ^aney  Ann, 
and  James  Sevier;  by  his  second  wife  were  Charles,' Sarah  T.,  and  Diana  Aloestis, 
gen  rally  called  .alio©  D,  There  were  tv.o  other  children,  ^arvey  ard  ''infield, 
who  died  young. 

In  addition  to  being  a  soldier  and  a  leader  of  men  Col.  James  Shields 
excelled  as  an  axeman,  arid  always  led  the  prooession  as  a  wood-ohopper  or 
rail -splitter  in  pioneer  days. 

There  is  one  interesting  incident  conderining  his  fistic  ablities 
before  the  days  of  gloves  and  the  square  ring.  ue  sas  regarded  as  "game" 
through  and  t. rough*  and  was  ready  to  defend  his  reputation  against  all  coders, 
In  those  days  Saturday  was  market  day  for  the  farmers  around  Vernon.  °n  the 
particular  Saturday  in  question,  upon  arriving  in  town,  Jame3  learned  that  some 
"good  an"  from  Tennessee  had  heard  of  him  and  hi3  reputation  and  had  come  the 
entier  distance  to  see  who  was  the  better  man.  After  trying  for  several  hours 
to  get  the  stranger  to  the  point  of  action,  and  without  success,  Colonel  James 
beoame  disgusted  and  prepared  to  return  to  his  home  up  near  Brewersville. 
But  his  Vernon  friends  propsed  a  method  qf  getting  the  two  men  together  that 
was  successful.  yol«  James  was  to  start  home  and  the  friends  were  to  tell 
the  stranger  that  it  was  all  off  unless  he  should  follow  him  up,  and  possibly 
by  dor  g  this  he  would  get  the  Colonel  keyed  up  until  he  would  do  something, 
3ince  he  had  by  this  time  a  few  drinks  ahead.  All  agreed  to  this  and  he  started 
home.  Up  in  the  "narrows"  jUBt  north  of  Vernon  colonel  Jams  stopped,  and 
v.-.ry  shortly  the  3tranger  car/.©,  heading  a  procession,  he  at  once  began  banter- 
in  ;,  and  finally  got  Jejros  out  of  the  wagon.  From  this  p^  int  on,  as  the  story 
i  s  related,  there  is  little  to  he  told;  in  a  few  minutes  Shields  had  given 
the  Tennesseean  the  knockout  anid  the  applause  of  the  Vernon  contingent. 

James,  with  his  cousin,  John  I' ipton,  took  the  contract,  in  the  early 
days  of  Indian's  hist  ory,  to  clear  the  trees  and  stumps  from  the  State  house 
grounds  at  Corydon,  which  was  at  first  tne  erritorial  and  later  the  staue 
capitol.  During  the  Civil  "ar  he  wa3  a  member  of  the  eompany  of  honesguargi 


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at  Vernon,  on:l  wh  ft  General  JoH;  Morgan  made  Lis  raid  into  that  section  of 
the  state  he  actively  engaged  in  opposition  to  the  raiders,  ^uring  the  battle 
he  was  wounded,  knocked  off  his  horse,  taken  prisoner  find  carried  to  Dupont, 
where  he  was  relaeased  because  nis  captors  were  not  able  to  hold  the  prisoners 
longer.  ae  was  a  Baptist  and  a  democrat.  *±e   died  in  1875. 

William  -"'reston  °hie  ds,  son  of  ^olonel  James,  was  the  first  white 
child  born  on  Sand  Creek,  near  Brewersville,  Ind.  He  was  bora  ^ec.  16,  1317, 
and  \to.s  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Vernon,  Indl,  May  25,  1903,  beside  a 
worthy  wife  whose  death  occurr  ed  twenty-five  years  earlier,  ^e   died  after 
a  long  and  healthy  life,  following  a  snort  illness  of  one  day,  in  the  home 
he  had  built  fifty  years  before,  and  on  the  farm  he  had  oultivated  since  1839, 
except  while  serving  a  term  as  the  first  clerk  of  Jennings  County. 

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t  the  time  fo  his  death  William  Preston  Shields  was  the  oldest 
native  horn  oitizen  of  Jennings  uounty.  *t  the  time  fo  his  birth  that  part 
of  Sand  Creek  where  he  was  born  -ms  a  favorite  camping  ground  of  the  Indians. 
Bein,  fhe  first  white  child  bora  on  the  stream  he  was  a  great  favorite  of  the 
numerous  squaws  and  brave j  of  the  vicinity  who  insisted  on,  and  were  sometimes 
allowed  the  privilege  of  keoin g  hia  in  their  camp  for  days  at  a  tine,  always 
returning  him  to  his  mother  at  night.   -'hile  a  mere  boy  he  entered  as  a  clerk 
in  one  of  the  principal  stores  in  Madison,  continuing  in  that  capacity  until 
his  marriage  in  1839  to  iliss  "lisahoth  Jano  Davis,  after  which  he  fee;^an  farm- 
ing, ^e  was  aman  of  the  intellectual  type,  a  persistent,  untiring  reader, 
a  logical  reasoner,  a  Bern  crat  in  politics,  and  Haterailist  in  religious 
belief.  Those  who  knew  him  best  say  that  during  his  lifetime  he  did  more 
hard  work  than  an.,  other  man  who  ever  lived  in  Jennings  County,  he  was  a 
most  genial  and  liberal  man,  and  it  is  said  that  his  chief  fault  wand  weakness 
was  atoo  great  benevolence  and  kindness  of  heart  that  constantly  prompted  him 
to  give  his  earnings  to  those  he  though;  in  neeed. 

Sarah  Jane  bhiilds,  the  oldest  daughter  of  svilliam  Preston  Shiedls 
was  bora  in  1843,  at  Cherry  Valley,  Jennings  Count.  ,  -hid.  In  1863,  at  But- 
lerville,  ind.  she  married  &m*   R.  Button,  aad  in  1864  a  daughter,  Anna,  was 
born.  °he  married  J.  J.  Stewart  in  1895,  and  their  children,  in  turn,  are 
Jeanetta,  born  in  lo97,  and  John,  born  in  1901.  They  live  at  Ilopedale,  111. 
Jeanstta  ^rried  Albert  Laherty  in  April,  1917.  ;>'rs.  Hutton  resided  at  But- 
lerveille,  being  an  invalid,  as  the  result  of  havin  ;  been  attacked  ■.  nd  severely 
injured  by  a  hog  tW9  or  throe  years  a  o. 

Agnes  "^argaret  Shields,  daughter  of  ff&llaa  Preston  Shields,  was 
born  June  15,  1849.  "ot.  10,  187G,  she  married  *m,  II.  Boyd,  a  °ivil  iar 
Verteran.  She  resides  rlth  her  daughter,  ^rs.  Jones,  at  Los  Hali.ios,  ^al. 
She  had  eight  children,  as  follows:  ^osseK.,  who  was  born  Sept.  S,  1871,  and 
was  married  to  Arietta  Trench  in  June,  13Clj  their  children  are  Grover  Cleve- 
1-nd,  born  June  15,  1893,  **ay  **«y*  bo-n  "°0*   19»  1895,  Zelpha,  bora  June 
6,  1897,  married  ^obert  matlook,  Dec.  25,  1913,  and  resided  at  Seattle, 
Jash. ,  Agnes,  born  June  1,,  1399,  Neva,  bora  Aug.,  1901,  Gladys,  born  in  June, 
1904,  Velma,  born  in  190o,  Sari  French,  born  in  1908  and  died  the  sane  ye  r, 
Bthslj  bora  in  Calgary,  Canada,  in  1909,  So  ert  born  at  Taft,  uanada,  in  1911, 
and  Geraldine,  bora  Nov.  1,  1314.  Ghi.s.  3.  Boyd,  son  of  Agnes  M.,  was  born 
in  Dec.  1873,  and  died  aged  four  years.  Samuel  J.  J-oyd  was  born  -"-pril  12,  1876 
in  Butlerville,  Ind.  ae  leTt  Jennings  County  in  1S99,  hav  ng  enlisted  in  the 
U.  S.  Army  on  Jan.  6  that  year.  He  *as  assigned  to  the  Third  U.  S.  infantry 
then  at  *ort  Snolling,  Minn.  On  the  30th  of  that  month  he  sailed  with  his 
oomrades  from  »*ew  York,  via  Gibraltar,  Port  Said,  Aden,  Colombo  and  Singapore 
fior  'aiiila,  9«    I.  he  sorve-d  d  rin;j  the  Philigpine  Insurrection  and  was  dischar- 
ged with  the  rank  of  Sargeant  Jan.  5,  1902.  He  thereupon  entered  the  Philip- 
pine ^ivil  Servioe,  aai  remained  in  the  work  until  June  5,  1905.  He  then  returned 


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to  "Sidiana,  and  shortly  thereafter  settled  at  *©tt,  K«  D.,  then  a  town  of 
only  two  or  three  borad  huts.  He  entered  the  civil  ser.ic:.  again  and  was  in 
Panama  for  a  time,  but  returned  to  Uorth  Dakota  on  account  of  ^rs.  Boyd's 
health,  "e  was  married  on  June  19,  1908,  to  Bessie  ^eadows,  and  thev  hare 
six  children:   William  Howard,  bora  ilay  22,  1899,  ^arion  &uth,  born  *arch 
2,  1911,  Arthur  Thomas,  born  July  26,  1913,  ^orothy  Ella,  born  ct,  26, 
1914,  Earl  Frederick,  born  Jan.  7,  1916,  and  ^lizabeth  urra,  born  March  27, 
1917.  ^r.  oyd,  at  the  tine  this  sketch  is  ..ritten,  is  in  the  officers  train- 
ing camp  at  E0rt  Snelling,  Minn.  Ernest  J,  Boyd, — returning  to  the  family 
of  Agnes  M.,  was  born  in  1878  and  died  in  Agust,  1G93.  Msjry  elizabeth  Boyd 
was  bom  Dec.  27,  1880,  and  in  January,  1906,  married  Nino  Kenyon.  xheir 
Children  are  ha  iie  B.,  born  °an.  10,  1907,  ^arold  Boyd,  born  July  13,  1909, 
liazel  Bernadine,  born  August  22,  1910,  and  twins,  horace  B,  and  '"elen  Bernice, 
born  May  5,  1917,  Horace  B,  having  died  in  infancy.  The  Kepyons  reside  on  a 
farm  near  kr.  Carroll,  111.  Eeit0y  Q.  Boyd  \ma   born  Mfcy  12,  1883,  and  was 
mB.rried  to  Sadie  Williams.  They  resied  in  Chicago,  wher  his  is  a  real  estate 
business.  Eflrl  Boyd  was  born  Sept.  16,  1885,  and  died  five  months  later, 
^axel  Boyd  as  bom  Sept.  13,  1887,  and  in  1909  married  David  Jones.  They  have 
thr«e  children,  Thelma,  born  Feb.  17,  1911,  Freda  i*uoille,  born  pril  15,  1915, 
and  William,  bom  aUg.  sB,  1916.  They  reside  at  Eos  ^Linos,  Calif.  *tll  of 
the  children  of  Agnes  M.  soyd  wer  born  near  Butlei-ville. 

/<£  ^  |  "'illiam.  Sharp  Shields,  son  of  William  Preston  Shields,  was  born 
^an.  21,  185#/  He  was  married  to  i,;ajorie  Denton,  and  they  had  ten  children. 
Their  first  residence  was  in  Jenn  ngs  ^ounty,  md.  ^ater  they  resied  in  Hamil- 
ton, Ohio.  ^rs.  Shields  now  lives  in  Seattle,  Wash,  -the  children  wer  Myrtle 
born  Jan  21,  1871,  first  married  "h&rlss  "'oodward  and  second  Charles  Hofstott. 
They  reside  in  Greensbur  ;,  Pa.  ahe  has  no  children.   r.  ^offstott  is  a  traveling 
salesman.  Maude,  bornG?ct.  5,  1674,  married  Jo  n  *»  Sweet.  I'hey  live  on  a 
farm  near  ^oodburn,  "SidC  "^hey  iiave  three  children,  fester  ^aniel,  Born  July 
10,  1897,  died  in  infancy;  ^enneth  Sylvester,  born  July  2,  1898,  a  barber; 
Robert  Denton,  bom  "ay  21,  1802.  Jennie,  bora  Sept.  14,  1876,  ^arried  "oy 
C.  Bomagem,  and  they  resied  at  'I'acoina,  Wash.,  where  he  operates  a  laundry. 
Their  four  children  are  John,  ^argaret,  Elisabeth  and)Q9oi-ton.  James  Preston, 
commonly  known  as  J.  A.,  on  account  of  is  aversion  to  the  name  ^resto,:,  born 
wov.  1,  1878,  is  a  barber  at  Greenville,  Ohio,  "is  wife  ws  Myrtle  ^ocke» 
They  have  three  children,  Noel  Chancey,  bom  ^ug.  10,  1903,  died  in  infancy, 
Merle  ^ugenejfborn  *»»  1,  1905,  and  accountant,  Norma  Amanda,  bom  ^eptember 
24,  107,  and  married  ral  E.  Lo.  A  ens lager,  August  11,  1928.  Their  daughter 
"elen  Maxine  was  bor  .>  September  2,  1929.  Elizabeth,  born  July  10,  lbSO,  mar- 
ried Charles  Vernon  Homer,  a  govemament  employee,  who  died  April  6,  1916* 
she  resied  is  Portland,  Ore.  They  had  but  one  child,  now  dead,  Winona,  born 
Deo  27,  1883,  died  Hay  2,  1094,  Hirma  Denton,  born  ^pril  30,  1886,  a  school 
teaoher,  married  to  ulve  Firenstein,  and  resides  at  ^ill  Station,  near  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio.  Blanche,  born  °ept.  17,  1389,  married  "vor  Jones,  a  machinist; 
they  h> ve  two  children,  margaretta  ^ucille,  born  Aug,  15,  1909,  and  ^ichard 
\or,  bora  ^r.  16,1916.  They  reside  at  Dayton,  uhio.  John  Tipton,  born 
Feb.  24k  1691,  died  July  2  of  th  sane  ear.  fcuth,  born  aept  25,  1892,  married 
George  IS,  Barr,  a  machinist;  they  live  in  Seatble,  "ash.,  and  h  ve  no  children. 

Mary  Bell  Shields,  daughter  of   lliam  ^reston  Shields,  was  bora 
in  1859,  and  in  1  87  she  married  ^lban  °. "'Bailey,  a  cousin  of  former  Joveraor 
".  J.  Bailey  of  Aansas,  They  resided,  until  recently,  in  ^ennings  county, 
■hid.,  but  at  this  time  are  developing  a  rice  farm  near  De Witt,  Ark.  They  have 
one  son,  Justus  ^reston  Ba:iey,  who  as  orn  in  1397. 

Preston  wi.  Shields  was  th  youngest  c  Wild  of  'illiam  frestjn  Shields. 
^e  was  married  to  ^rma.   rerdun,  and  they  reside  in  iiuncie,  Indian  .   heir  children 

are  as  follows:  Lena,  born  in  July  1686,  married  Bradford  Kiner,  and  have  a 


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daughterMargaret  born  in  1909;  Anna  born  Jan.  I,\l808,  married  Km*   Moore  in 
May,  1917;  Uruce,  born  in  March,  1890;  he  works  in  a  factory  in  Muncie;  Frances 
who  rarried  Mm*   Davi3,  an  employe  of  ^rshall  r'icld  &  Co.;  they  reside  in  New 
*ork  City;  Hpton,  ...  o  resides  in  -uncle  with  his  parents;  and  Samuel,  born 
in  1898. 

Mary  Ellen  Shields,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Col.  James  Shields,  was 
born  Sept.  1,  1819.  She  was  twice  married;  first  to  Nathaniel  ^&±n,   who  died 
about  1835.  Their  only  child  was  Jesse  L.  Cain,  wl   ??as  born  in  1835,  in 
Vernon,  Ind.,  where  he  spent  the  earlier  years  of  his  life.  After  a  few 
years  as  a  store  clerk  in  Columbus  and  other  to«ms,  he  vest  to  Nodaway  ^ounty 
-o.,  where  he  taught  school  for  a  while*  and  later  bought  240  acres  of  land, 
•ftien  tkenty-one  years  ole  he  returned  to  Jennings  County,  Ind.,  and  engaged 
in  farming,  and  later  entered  che  lime  business  in  Lawrence  County.  M>  the 
outbreak  of  the  i  il  iar  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  24th  Indiana  Volunteers, 
infantry,  and.  he  was  soon  made  First  Lieutenant.  On  the  16th  day  of  May, 
1863,  while  acting  Captian  he  was  fatally  wounded  at  Champion  Lill,  cefore 
Vicksburg,  Eiss.,  and  died  two  days  later,   it  is  recorded  in  the  files  of  the 
'.Var  department  at  Washington  th;;  c  no  braver  man  sleeps  on  the  bloody  f&,ild 
than  lieut.  Cain,  his  body  was  interred  in  the  family  burying  ground  at  Vernon. 
After  the  death  of  Mr,  ^ain,  Mrs.  Cain  married  James  Hobbs  ^e.vby,  in  1839. 
By  him  she  had  seven  children,  rererred  to  later.  She  died  July  7,  1900,  Mr. 
lJewby  having  died  in  1875.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Vernon  Fresbyterian  church 
for  nealy  sixty  years. 

The  children  of  Mary  -lien  Shields  by  her  second  husband  were  Sarah 
Jane  Newby,  born  in  1840,  died  June  13,  1902;  she  was  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Jennings  County  for  a  number  of  years;  she  marriend  John  B.  ..ohnson; 
they  had  a  daughter,  America,  end  a  son,  John,  who  -as  for  many  years  a  drug- 
gist in  North  'ernon,  Ind.,  and  later  a  Pullman  conductor  for  a  ime  running 
between  ^exico  City  and  Torreon;  he  is  now  engaged  in  the  sane  business  and 
resides  in  ^ouston,  Texas.  Susanna  Philausa  iJewby,  dauther  of  Ma*y  Ellen,  was 
born  Feb.  3,  1842.   he  married  first  in  1865  James  F.  Chase,  a  conductor  on 
a  railroad,  and  later  a  farmer  near  Sharpesville,  -^xi,,  wi^ere  she  now  resides. 
Ee  died  in  1886,  and  in  1895  she  married  ichael  Koback,  who  died  in  1915. 
"er  children  by  her  .first  marriage  were  Lucille,  bora  in  1866,  married  uavid 
Bollinger  in  1884;  they  resied  in  Eilshire,  Ohio,  and  have  to..  cEilJren,  Frank 
and  Ralph,  the  latter  having  one  child  born  in  1917;  there  was  also  a  daughter 
born  in  1884;  Mary  F.,  born  in  1867,  died  in  1868;  Delia  °'.,  born  in  1869,  in 
1893  married  John  Ilarrell;  they  reside  at  Elwood,  Indiana,  and  have  two  daughters 
^nnle  and  Cora;  ^obert  J.,  born  in  1873,  died  in  1892;  Nellie  &.,  born  in  1876, 
and  in  1696  marreid  Em.  Cox;  Arthur  ^.,  born  in  1886,  in  1904  was  married  to 
Addie  Hoffman,  and  has  two  sons. 

Peraminta  Stokes  "ewby,  daughter  of  Mary  £llen,  was  born  May  17,  1845, 
and  died  Oct.  23,  1914.  She  married  John  Canney  Sept,  27,  1866,  and  the;;  resided  in 
Vernon,  ^Ee  was  well  educated  and  for  a  time  taught  school.   r.  Carney  was 
a  prominent  citizen  of  Jennings  county.  ^e  died  Now.  13,  1C80.  Their  children 
were  Annie  ^ inley  Carney,  forn  July  7,  1867,  died  Sept.  24,  1917;  she  graduated 
from  Vernon  *-igh" School  in  1886;  was  a  primary  teacher  in  the  Vernon  Public 
Schools  for  t>;enty-one  oonsecutive  years.  She  began  teaching  at  Grayford, 
where  she  remained  for  four  years,  anJ  then  she  taught  two  years  in  Maiorto. 
She  was  a  scholar,  educator,  and  a.thor;  a  natural,  oouteous,  painstaking  teacher 
and  a  prominent  church  worker.  Cora  ^ay  Carney,  bom  °ct.  19,  1870,  was  edu- 
cnted  in  th  Vemon  Schools,  "'he  has  been  the  namager  of  the  Carney  houc; 
she  now  reside*,  with  iier  brother  John  «alph,  in  Vemon.  °esse  Howard  Camay 
was  bom  May  18,  1872,  and  died  Now.  12,  1876.  James  Frank  Carney  as  bora 
an.  2C,  1874,  was  married  to  Waisy  «  Norvelle  Uec  20,  1399.  ->ho  was  bo  n 
Apr.  25,  1878,  ad  Edinburg,  Ind.  "o  v«as  a  railroad  trainman  and  conductor. 
Lis  children  arc  Josephine  £iuth,  born  ^prl  1901;  :  lbert  liaymond,  born  in  190d; 


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-=-ary  argaret,  born  in  1909,  in  April  and  died  in  December  thi  t  year;  Esther 
Louise,  born  in  April,  1914;  ;  ildred  Frances,  born  in  ^-ujust,  1815,  John  Ralph 
Carney  was  born  Dec.  0,  1375.  ue  was  educated  in  Vernon  *tgh  Shoool  and  graduated 
from  Indian  diversity  in  1903.  a  taught  in  the  public  schools  for  seven  years 
and  in  high  schools  for  five  years*  serving  as  rrincipal  and  Superintendent 
Is  various  plaees;  for  a  while  he  was  Professor  of  History  at  Vincennes.  He 
holds  a  life  state  teacher's  certificate,  ^e  has  been  Vice  President  of  the 
ndiana  State  Teachers'  association.  Be  is  a  lavvyer,  being  the  ©nly  one  in 
Vernon,  He  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  Jennings  °ounty  ^ircuit  C ourt  in  1906, 
and  has  served  tow  years  as  President  and  one  as  Secretary  of  the  Vernon  School 
board,  He  is  now  e  member  of  the  vernon  city  council.  "%  is  a  Presbyterian, 
tyfdfellow.  Mason,  K  of  P.,  and  Redman,  Hen ry  Hoscoe  Carney  was  born  June  18, 
1879,  was  educated  in  the  Vernon  High  School  and  attended  commercial  college 
in  Indianapolis,  Ee  has  served  as  a  drug  clerk,  and  later  became  bookkeepper 
for  the  Granite  bituminous  ^aving  Co.,  of  *>t.  Louis,  and  then  was  cashier  for 
the  company.  He  is  n0T/  assistant  Timber  Agent  of  the  Iron  fountain  railroad 
and  resides  in  "^t.  Louis,  In   1908  he  vras  married  to  Charlotte  Schweibold; 
they  have  one  child,  Jo'rin  ivalph. 

LaDeoa  La~ar  Ilewby,  dauther  of  Mary  Ellen  %wby,  was  born  in  1846 
gnd  died  in  1861.  ^bDotb.   LaBue  Ilewby  was  born  %y  13,  1251.  %ry  Florence 
ewby  was  bona  Hay  6,  1854,  and  married  -illiam  ^amilton  Asher  in  1907,  but 
they  separated.  The  two  last  named  were  for  ye  rs  teachers  in  the  public 
and  high  schools,  and  they  now  reside  at  Sharpesville,  Ind. 

Henry  Howard  ewby,  son  of  Bayy  ^llsn,  was  born  In  1863,  he  v.as  for  a  Ion;;  time 
chief  of  police  of  North  Vernon,  and  is  now  a  guard  in  the  state  prison  at  St. 
i^uentin,  Calif.  ne   was  married  first  to  Flore  -ay  ^cSuira,  and  second  ,  in 
1898,  to  Emma  Andrews.  By  hsi  frist  wife  his  children  were  Hanoy  Campbell  in 
1913;  by  his  second  wife  he  had  tiro  sons,  Howard  A.,  born  in  1900,  and  James  H. 

John  Tipton  Shields,  son  of  Colonel  Janes,  was  born  in  1821  and  died 
in  1902.  ue   was  a  doctor,  and  enjoyea  the  most  extensive  practise  of  any  physician 
in  Jackson  County,  Ind.  He  lived  in  Seymour,  where  he  was  a  man  of  prominence, 
at  one  tine  being  a  member  of  the  Eegisiature.  His  wife  was  Eliza  Barton, 

e  had  four  children,  Scott,  born  in  1843,  died  in  1810  unmarried;  P-oas,  born 
In  1846,  died  in  1871,  unmarreids  Bring,  born  in  1850,  diec  in  1871,  unmarried; 
and  Elizabeth,  born  in  1870,  now  the  wife  of  John  A.  Ross,  a  merchant  and.  the 
mayoc  of  Seymour.  xhe  P.oss  children  are  ^itpon,  1%ma,  and  Albert. 

Pi 

Eliza  J.  Shields,  daughter  of  Col.  ^anes,  was  bora  in  1823.  She 
was  twice  married;  first  to  cha.3.  Brown,  and  second  to  Henry  ^ullivan.  The 
Brown  children  were  Charlotte  3ro7»n,  who  married  Hobert  Eckstein,  and  resides 
in  ^orth  Bernon,  Ind;  she  has  #ive  children,  as  follows i  Lulu,  who  in  1393 
married  Clifford  H0n;;,  u  railroad  nan;  she  died  in  uay  12,  1910,  leavin  ;  a 
daughter,  Charlotte  Long,  born  Feb.  5,  1828;  Clifford  Eckstein,  a  merchant  in 

orth  vemon,  married  to  Minnie  °anuels  and  has  a  daughter,  Brontz,  who  was 
born  bee.  21,  1897,  and  married  Earl  ;ilman  ept.  30,  1936;  holhie  Eckstein 
in  1906  married  /.If rod  Riley,  a  railroad  manj  Bristow  Eckstein  in  1906  married 
Alfred  a  lady  named  Bland  on  ■aroh  12,  1902;  he  was  a  baber,  and  soldier  :n 
the  °panish  American  war.  Their  daughter  LaVerne  was  born  ijov.  13,  1904.  Re- 
turning to  the  browns,  Martha  is  now  dead;  Fary  Brown  married  Smith  vaster  and 
resiedes  at  Turkey  ^ake--  estoffice  Syracuse,  Ind.  She  lias  three  children, 
namely,  John,  who  resieds  in  Los  """ngelea,  Louise  who  married  a  Green,  and  Eona, 
who  is  also  married.  Eliza  J.  Brown -Sullivan  had  no  children  by  her  second 
husband.  She  died  in  1904,  near  Vernon,  Ind. 

Nanoy  Ann  Shields,  also  a  daughter  of  Col.  James,  was  born  in  1S25 
and  died  in  1911  at  J'orth  Vernon,  ^nd.  "^he  married  He21ry  a#  -ise  in  1843. 
He  ans  killed  at  Chiokamauga,  in  the  Union  Army,  during  the  °ivil  -ar.  They 


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had  three  children,  es'  ie  and  Alzora  who  are  dead,  and  :>iartha,  who  married 
John  Long  in  1866;  she  resides  in  ^orth  Vernon,  She  was  born  in  1849.  -er 
three  childran  aro  Elizabeth,  bora  in  Y372,   unmarried,  residing  in  North 
Vernon,  and  have  three  children,  ^Hith  bora  in  1905,  Catherine  born  in  1905, 
and  nargaret  "born  in  1907;  Charles  H.  Long  was  born  in  1877,  and  in  1901  was 
married  to  ennie  Hadley,  t'.-.eir  children  are  Rellen,  Doxm  in  1901,  and  John, 
born  in  1905. 

James  Sevier  Shields,  son  of  ol.  James,  was  a  physician,  and  for 
a  time  practised  medicine  with  his  borther,  Dr.  John  ^ipton  Shields*  in  Sey- 
mour, Ind,,  during  1853  and  1854.  He  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indl,  Jan.24,  1834, 
educated  at  Vernon  and  in  the  ^edical  College  at  *an  Arbor,  Mich.,  later  grad- 
uated from  the  Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati,  After  praotiing  for  two 
years  in  Seymour  he  opened  an  office  in  Hit •hell j  Ind.,  in  185G,  be  in  I 
phusician  of  the  construction  department  of  the  company  xvhioh  was  build ing  the 
0.  &  M.  Railroad.  Be  also  practised  in  Cortland  and  Medor,  and  in  Hamilton 
Cotinty.  During  the  1860s  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Sey&our,  but 
later  sold  his  store,  -^e  was  Carried  ^reh  4,  1857,  to  i^ary  -.  -arbin,  of 
Mitchell.  They  had  six  childrea,  among  them  being  Dr.  James  ^artin  Shields, 
pf  seymour;  ho  in  tuna  has  a  son,  Frank  B.,  in  business  with  the  National 
rocess  oo.  Of  Indianapolis,  and  a  daughter  Bary  ilabel,  who  married  Hugh  E. 
Gilford,  General  Passenger  and  Freight  Agent  of  the  Salted  Fruit  ompany,  of 
"ew  Orleans;  living  in  Haileyville,  Okla;  he  has  two  sons,  './alter "and  .Vesleyj 
Chauncey  Earner  Shields,  a  switchman  living  in  St.  Louisf  and  Jesse  Shields 
of  whom  I  know  notheing  further  than  that  ha  i*  dead.  Dr.  James  Se+ier  Shields 
died  in  1914,  and  was  buried  in  Riverview  Cemetery,  at  Seymour. 

Charles  Shields,  son  of  col.  James,  by  his  second  wife,  was  born  in 
1842,  and  in  1871  was  married  to  Sarah  eClintook.  1'hey  resided  at  Reddington, 
Ind.,  where  he  died  in  1878.  They  had  three  children,  Bruce  born  in  1872, 
marreid  and  resides  in  Indianpolis,  where  he.  is  a  railway  mdil  clerk;  he  has 
two  children,  Charles  Brown,  born  in  1909,  and  Mary  Loiuise,  bom  in  1911; 
Tipton,  born  in  1874,  married,  and  is  farming  at  Reddington;  he  lias  tfiee 
children;  "arie  bom  in  139b;  Cecil  bom  in  1897;  Jennei  bora  in  1900;  and 
Beryl  and  Early*  twins,  born  in  1904;  Lucy,  born  in  1876,  is  now  dead;  she 
married  George  cConnell,  and  they  had  two  children,  John  Frank,  born  in  1900 
and  Charles  Bru3e,  born  in  1902. 

Sarah  £.   Shields,  daughter  of  °ol«  James,  was  born  in  1846.  Dhe 
married  first  a  Dr.  ..'ilson,  and  second  Hiram  Jackson*  yhe  is  new  a  widen  and 
resides  with  her  son  an3  his  family  near  Hope*  Indiana,  in  the  vicinity  of 
^ortons  burg*  She  is  the  only  surviving  child  of  Golonel  James.  °he  has  a 
son  Elmer,  who  is  married  and  has  several  children. 

^iana  Alcestis  Shields,  the  youngest  child  of  uol.  James,  was  born 
in  1851,  and  was  very  well  educated.  She  was  for  B  long  time  a  teacher  in  the 
schools  and  colleges" of  Indiana  and  was  well  known  as  a  leader  in  the  ...C.T.U. 
bhe  married  Hudus  Redman,  of  olumbus,  Ind.,  in  1892;  they  had  one  or  two 
children  who  died  young.   oth'are  dead,  ^he  died  at  Golumbus  in  1915. 

"/illiam,  °on  of  ■■illiam  °hi  Ids 
Ye  know  hut  little  of  Ulliam  Shields,  the  son  of  ..•illiam  of  the 
ten  brothers,  *e  was  twice  married,  the  : irst  name  of  his  former  i ire  ei 
Hannah,  last  name  unknown;  his  second  wife  was  arte  Wans.  ^^Jf*"- 
weTnemo  d  Mary,  ,-,rk,  Jane,  Samuel,  Jesse.   e  knov  nothing  of  any  of  them. 


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Nancy  Agnes,  daughter  of  illiam  mislds 

Hanoy  Agnes  ohields,  a  dmghfcer  of  •■illium  and  "mrgaret  .'^lson 
Shields,  was  born  in  Sevier  County,  Term. ,  in  the  1790s,  and  rwnoved  to 
Indinn^  with  her  parents  in  100 J,  There  she  married  Jamas  Elliott  in  1815. 
Their  children  were  Rebecca  '.vim,  born  in  1842,  married  LaPayette  Morgan  in 
1861;  Jesse  B.,  born  in  1840,  narried  Arm  Korean  in  13C2;  Pane:/  AcCaleb, 
bonr  in  lb35,  married  Thomas  Gilbert  i}rown,  and.  now  resides  at  Niles  a  few 
miles  north  of  Saline,  Kans.  living  alone  and  doing  her  own  Rouse  work;  she 
is  lie  only  surviving  child  of  Haney  &gn«*  And  James  Elliott;  Jasper  "^ev.ton 
11  too,  bora  in  1S,jo,  narried   o  izziah  Green,  died  in  1890;  John  Perry 
Elliott,  born  in  1830,  married,  to  i^arriet  udel,  and  later  to  Catherine 
Alkire,  died  in  1844;  Ruth  Jane  ^llioAt,  of  -horn  more  will  be  written  later; 
Absalom  Elliott,  born  in  1821,  married  to  Charlotte  spencer;  Maragai-et  *, 
Elliott,  born  in  1819  and  in  1836  married  Alexander  A«bttry  Miller;  Elizabeth 
Ann  Elliott,  born  in  1817,  and  married  Isaf.e  i.endall,  and  later  John  Dunnick; 
Isaac  Tipton  Elliott,  born  in  1837,  married  a  Margaret  Davis. 

Ruth  Jane  Elliott,  referred  to  above,  was  born  ^ov.  15,  1826,  In 
1843  she  married  Miles  Bristol,  but  the,,  had  no  childre  lj  Feb.  14,  1853,  she 
married  Richard  ^mery  Derrick.  The  children  of  this  union  were  John  Perry, 
Mary  Cvanda,  ii'ancy  .  llinore,  Ruth  Jane,  Edith  Ulyssess,  and  Asa  ^mory.  Fol- 
lowin ,:  is  a  rief  note  of  each  of  these.  John  Perry  Elliott  Derrick  was 
born  Aug.  22,  1855,  and  was  married  to  Rebecca  «*ane  Wilson  Oct.  22,  1878. 
£hey  have  four  children:  Roy  Garner  Derrick,  born  Ar,9,  1883,  married  to 
Settle  ""enefee  in  April  1906,  and  liar;,  Schutte  in  March  1915;  his  children 
by  the  ir3t  vdfe  were  tyle  Derrick,  bom  Jan.  10,  1907  and.  John  Lamin  Der- 
rick born  Sep.  20,  1910;  .Villiara  *&ery  derrick,  second  son  of  John  ?.  E. 
Derrick,  ".*ias  born  Feb.  28,  1807,  He  is  a  teacher  having  graduated  from  the 
Stillwater,  01:1a.  aigh  School;  Hazel  ^ay  Derrick  was  bora  Jan,  6,  1809,  and 
in  1909  married  Sewell  Hardy.  She  graduated  from  the  Perkins,  Okal.  -igh  School, 
'^heir  son  is  Carl  Hardy,  lorn  July  6,  1911.  Lyle  John  Derrick  was  born  March 

4,  1892,  and  is  a  teacher  and  farmer,  living  in  Aashington  County,  Kans.  Mary 
°vanda  Derrick,  second  child  of  Rut.  Jane  llinor  and  Richard  Emery  Derrick 
/.-as  born  Nov.  20,  1857.  On  Ear.  12,  1872  she  married  Asa  £«  Coleman,  an  ex- 
tensive farmer  in  Washington  County*  Kans.  They  nov,  reside  at  Hinhattan, 
Kans.  Nancy  .llinor  Derrick  was  born  Eov.  12,  1856,  and  married  Henry  Richard 
tfalson  ar.  5,  1870.  Thsir  children  were  Albia  Eveline,  born  Aug,  28,  1880. 
iuarried~Ben  Evans  .aig.  28,  1903,  resides  in  Washington  ^ounty,  Ran.; 
Children,  -ut  ,  born  July  16,  1904,  Ralph,  born  Jan  21,  1906,  Pllinor 
Josephine,  bom  Mar.  5,  1915;  Carl  Emery  Wilson,  bora  **ar.  11,  1  S3,  iiartied 

to  Bertha  -  ottete  fan*  6,  1909,  is  an  estensive  farm.r  near  .'ashington,  Kans. 
Their  only  child  is  Paul  Wilson,  born  Feb. 22,  1912;  Blanch  Ellinore  .ilson, 
bonn  Vct.  22,  1834,  married  John  hitler,  a  farmer,  residing  near  '-ashington, 
Kans. '  William  "enry  Ailson,  born  °ep.  10,  1899,  was  marri:*-  to  rem  Wilson 
Nov.  27,  1911;  their  only  child  is  Lois  ilson,  bom  in  April,  1913;  John 
iilliott  «'ilson,  bonr  Aug,  12,  1S96,  graduated  in  1916  from  -ashin  ton  Aigh 
School,  row  a  farmer  in  Washington*  County,  Rans.  Ruth  Jane,  a  dauther  of 
J-mth  Jane  and  &iohard  ••.  Derrick,  was  born  Nov.  1,  1861,  married  Pra  klin 

5.  More;/  "'ept.  26,  1886,  and  died  Kay  4,  1693;  they  had  towo  children,  Dorn 
Derrick  Morey,  bom  Hov.  C,  1889,  was  married  to  •  ary  Belle  ■"•lien  iov.  26, 
1913,  children  <->eryll  Clonde  ranklin  ore.  ,   orn  ^pri.  14,  IS'  3,  was  married 
te  Wster  '""orey  July  16,  1915,  their  child  was  ioissell  Fmnklin,  born  ^y  20, 
1916,  Edith  h 
rtov.  V,  1860 , 
1<J71,  and  died  vdtht  days  later. 


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•*lysses  Derrick,  daughter  of  ^uth  Jane  and  Riohadr  E«*  was  bor 
and  died  April  12,  1879;  Asa  ^mery  Derrick  was  corn  opt*  9, 


Rhode,  Daughter  of  .:  ill  jam  Shields 
Rhoda  Shields,  dau  ;hter  of  .illia:n  and   A-argaret  ..'ilson  Shields,  married  Nathan 


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Rose.  They  moved  from  Indian  to  Missouri,  and  little  is  known  of  them  or 
their  descwndonts.  *he  Children  were  F,;sediel,  i^nmeline,   lisabeth,  ^aiies, 
"argaret  and  Cyrus. 


■Migabeth,  Daughter  of  'illiarn.  Shields 

Elizabeth  Shiedls,  daughter  of  ''illiam  of  th-  ten  brothers,  married 
Joshua  Lindsay,  Their  children  were  John,  '±'i?ton,  and  Nathan. 

Rebecca,  daughter  of  v ill jam  Shields 

Rebecca  Shields  was  a  daujhter  of  ''illiam  and  l^argaret  -'ilson 
°hields.  She  married  Jo .  n  &avia>  Their  children  were  ife.no  y  Davis,  who 
married  Jess  Johnson;  ^lixabeth  Davis,  who  .sever  married;  Juarion  Davis,  who 
is  married  and  resides  near  Tuskeree,  0  la.;  dames  Davis,  who  married  Charlotte 
''endall,  a  second  cou3  of  Margaret  Davis,  who  married  Isaac  ^lliott,  a  first 
cousin  (son  of  Jonathan  Shields  who  Mu  in  turn  i  son  of  Robert  and  a  grand- 
son of  V.  illiam  and  ^iargaret  .ilson  Shields;)  her  second  husband  was  .;?orge 
Baker.  They  resided  near  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  end  their  descendant  live  in 
that  vicinity,  and  near  Troy,  and  'layetta,  Kans.  She  had  mm  daughter  by  her 
first  husband. 


Janet,  Laugher  of  ■  illiam.  uhields 

Janet  Shields,  daugher  of  "illiam  and  ^rgaret  ''ilson  Shields,  mar- 
ried im,  Williamson.  Their  children  were  Nancy,  James  and  John. 

Jesse,  Son  of  ■illliam  fields 

Jasae  Shields,  th  oldest  son  of  "illiam  eftd  "manda  Logan  Shields, 
was  born  at  Edison,  Indiana,  °ept.  20,  1820.  Upon  the  death  of  his  raotherand 
the  marriage  of  hit  father  to  a  thrid  wife,  Jesse  \ms  taken  to  live  with 
his  half-sister,  Nancy  Agens  ^lliott,  Th  story  is  told  that  when  he  ./as 
about  nine  yep.ra  old  he  was  being  taken  with  his  brother  Eze.  iel  Logan  Shields 
in  an  old -f anshionod  prairie  schooner  from  *eJAa»n  either  to  live  -with  or 
visit  his  motl'-r's  relatives  in  ,rashiaton  County.  During  the  trip  he  escaped 
throw  h  the  hole  in  the  wagon  cover  rade  by  the  loop  at  the  rear  end  of  the 
wagon,  and  ran  away,  his  whereabouts  remianing  unknown  for  a  considerable  time. 
ae  went  down  to  '*ew  Albany,  Ind.,  and  began  shifting  for  himself,  ^e.ter  he 
settled  in  Rochester,  -hidia  :a,  where  he  became  the  leading  merchant,  and  was 
a  member  o?  the  state  legislature  and  director  of  important  interests  in  the 
oommuinity.  Bii  first  wife  was  Catherine  .elton,  by  when  he  had  no  children; 
by  his  sector,?,  wife*  -argaret  -Robins,  he  had  five  children:  Mary  D,  Shields 
bonr  in  1847,  died  in  1851;  Joseph  Htpea  -"hields,  born  In  1847,  died  in  1852. 
•illiam  ay  "hields,  born  in  1852,  was  married  to  Frances  Xillen,  and  resided 
at  Rochester;  tr.eri  to.v  children  are  ~eRoy  Shields,  who  wus  married  to  Char- 
lotte Paddook  and  is  new  eng*  ed  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business 
in  Indianpolis,  and  Barry  K«  Shields,  who  was  married  to  "*ary  hurst,  and  new 
resides  at  San  Jose  ^-anch,  Gleiidora,  Calif,  j  harry  ii.  Shields  has  three 
children,  Louis  bom  in  1908,  lurst,  who  is  dead,  and  Margaret,  orn  in  1915. 
Alfred  Head  S  iclds,  born  in  1866,  married  to  Elisabeth  filler;  and  ^lio  May 
Shields,  bor  x  in  1C57,  Married  Chas«  F,  Kaehendorferi  tor.  Koehendorfer  is  dead 

and  sne  resides  at  Glendora,  Cal.  Bar  son,  Frederick  Shields  Kocho  id.orfer, 
war  married  to  BfcMl  hupp,  of  «w  Albany,  J-nd.  i'hey  resied  in  Chicago,  v.here 
he  is  prominently  connected  with  the  -os  era  electric  Company's  effici  nej 
department,  a  few  years  ago  he  vflas  sent  b.  y  that  company  to  assist  in  installing 


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the  Bell  Telephone  system  in  Japan.   Their  first  child,  Charles,  died  in 
1913,  and  their  second,  '%ry,  was  born'  in  1.  14. 

^esse  Shields  w?:s  widely  kno-n  and  well  though  of  in  all  of  the 
seotion  of  -^ndiam  in  which  he  lived.  During  the  wivil  ar  he  gained  the 
title  of  "the  poor  nan's  friend"  because  he  maintained  the  low  prices  on 
an  enormous  stock  of  ^oods  that  be  had  laid  in  before  the  war  a  selling  them 
far  below  the  cost  of  replacing  them,  and  distributing  them  as  judiciously 
as  possible  among  those  who  could  not  afford  to  pay  the  prevailing  prices  of 
war  -times. 


Sarah,  Daughter  of  -7  ill  jam  uIields 

oarah  Shields  was  the  oldest  child  and  only  daughter  of  "illiam 
and  ^manda  1-ogan  Shields,  ^he  was  bom  in  Madiosn,  Indiana,  une  5»  1915, 
and  died  at  ^amestewn,  "T^U<  Mag  27,  1894.  She  marri  d  Ja^es  George,  by 
whom  she  had  nine  children.  Upon  bhe  death  of  her  mother  she  was  taken  by 
her  grandmother  !x>gan  and  raised  on  a  farm  in  Washington  Count;  ;,  Indiana,  v/here 
she  had  but  few  educational  advantages  and  was  required  to  do  much  work* 
Her  children  were  Garrett  Wilson  George,  bonr  in  1836,  died  in  1880.   "iartha 
Aim  George,  born  in  1858,  in  1864  married  Caleb  Easterling,  and  died  in  1871. 
She  was  born  in  Salem,  Indianan. ,  bub  lived  at  various  times  Lb  Karnes town  and 
Indianapolis,  She  had  three  children,  Hannah  Katharine,  born  in  18S6,  marrid 
Howard  Witt  in  1892,  died  in  1897,  resided  in  Anderson,  children,  Malcolm, 
bor  in  1893  and  died  in  infancy,  June  born  in  1895,  and  Katherine  Easterling 
born  in  1897,  married  a  man  named  Johnson  in  1916.   Reverting  to  bhe  children 
ofSarah  George,  the  next  was  Eliza  <Jane,  born  in  1840  and  died  in  1863. 
David  Geor  ;e,  born  in  1842.   laxgaret  George  born  in  1844-  Amanda  George, 
born  in  1347,  she  was  twice  married,  first  to  "Km.  ?atterson  in  1866,  and 
second  to  Jo  n  H.  Camplin,  in  1894;  he  died  in  1905.   She  resieds  at  Jamestow 
■Ind.   Her  three  children,  by  her  first  carriage,  were  Fffie  ,fay,  born  in  1867 
and  died  in  the  following  year,  Wilbert,  born  in  1859,  and  in  1887  was  marrid 
to  Frances  Kennedy;  they  reside  in  Chicago.   Their  three  children  are  '^elen, 
born  1592,  Horace  Kennedy,  born  in  1895  and  died  in  1916,  and  Florence,  born 
in  1872  and  died  the  same  year.   John  Wesley  George,  son  on  Sarah,  was  born 
in  1850  and  died  in  1854.   Kate  George  was  born  in  1852,  inindianapolis, 
and  resi  des  at  Jamestown.   In  1870  she  ?narried  Wm.  Darnell,  and  they  have 
ei&ht  children,  namely,  °scar,  born  in  1871,  died  2.89§|  Florence,  born  in 
1873,  in  1838  married  John  F.  Hall.   He  died  in  1916.   She  resides  at  Long 
Treach,  Cal.   The  children  are  William  "arritt,  born  1891,  died  18S2;  Ina  ^aye 
bom  1S95,  and  in  1913marriod  Frank  A  Snyder;  John  Franklin,  born  1901,  and 
Florenoe  "argaret,  born  1906.   Harry  Darnell,  born  and  died  in  1875. 

I-IOTEt  We  have  neglected  to  mention  in  the  proper  place  above,  George,  son 
of  Lartha  Ann  Eaeterling,  born  1868,  died  in  1871. 

Jessie  George,  born  and  died  in  1°>76.  Oniar  George,  born  and  died  in 
1880.  George  Koscoe  George,  born  \±n  1~83,  was  married  to  Elsie  Alice 
Heath  in  1901.  Wilbur  Floyd  George,  born  in  1837,  and  in  1904  was  -arried 
to  Blanche  ^ackson.  They  have  two  children.,  George  William  born  in  1906  and 
!Dna  Blanche  born  in  1914-  Kate  George,  born  in  1990,  in  1910  married  Gene 
B«  Camplin.  They  reside  at  Mooresville,  Indiana,  and  have  three  children, 
^oward  Darnell  born  in  1912,  Gene  Everard,  born  1916  and  arion  P.eid  born 
It '17. 

ERRATA^  On  this  page  attove  the  persons  listed  with  the  surname  "George"  shoftld 
be  Darnell  Instead. 


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The  remaining  son  of  Sarah  Shields  George  was  William  uscar,  born  in  1?59 
and  died  in  1861. 

Esekiel  Logan,  Son  of  William  Shields 

Esekiel  logan  Shields  was  my  grandfather,   tie  was  a  son  of 
Wilian  and  Amanda  Logan  Shields,  born  ^ay  20,  1822,  in  Washington,  County 
■Wiana,  and  died  Not  6,  1378,  in  Jackson  County,  Kans.   Upon  the  death  of 
his  kkx±kx  mother,  while  he  was  yet  a  mere  baby,  he  was  taken  by  his  uncle 
Wilson  B.  Logan,  of  Walnut  Ridge,  Washington  County,  Inaiana,  with  whose 
family  he  lived  until  he  was  old  enough  to  take  care  of  himself.   On  April 
3,  1348,  he  was  married  to  Elisabeth  ^ane  Elliott,  of  whom  more  is  written 
later,  and  they  setled  in  the  vicinity  of  Rush  Creek  Valley,  a  few  miles 
north  of  Sa]em,  Indiana.   In  1871  he  brought  ;iis  family  to  Jackson  County, 
Kansas,  settling  in  the  Ticinity  of  South  Cedar.   Their  first  crop  was 
destroyed  by  the  grasshoppers  during  the  famous  grasshopper  yer,  which  left 
him  in  >rery  close  circumstances.   He  borrowed  money  with  which  to  provide 
necessities  and  start  a  new  crop,  and  paid  in  some  instances  as  much  as  SO 
percent  for  it.   Shortly  thereafter  he  settled  at  what  is  now  know  as  Shields 
Grove,  nine  miles  southwest  of  Holton,  Kan.,  where  built  a  home  and  set  out 
a  lar-e  grove  of  ine  maple  trees,  on  the  highest  topographical  point  in 
Jackson  County,  and  perhaps  in  the  northeastern  sedtion  of  &*n*fttr.   He  lived 
i-  Jackson  Cou  ty  until  his  death-   ^e  was  >  uried  in  a  sbw.11  private  cemetey 
on  his  farm,  but  abo  it  twenty  year  later  his  rema  ns  were  removed  to  the  Hoi- 
ton  Cemetery.   He  was  the  father  of  five  children,  Sarah  E, ,  Garrott  William, 
k-ary  E  ,  John  hlnatlian,  and  ^argaret  Semyra. 

Sarah  B«  ShiecJls  was  born  in  1850,  and  deid  in  1895.   She  married 
James  fc  Little,  a  leading  fanner  of  °ackson  County,  and  they  resided  on  a 
large  farm  two  miles  west  of  the  Shields  Grove,  above  referred  to   At  a 
combatively  early  age  her  health  failed,  and  she  died  after  a  long  illness 
from  pneumonia.   She  was  buried  in  the  Holton  Cemetery.   She  had  four  chil- 
dren, Lucy,  John  Elnathan,  Arthur  0.,  and  Jerome.   LUCy  married  Fred  W  Putman 
and  they  now  own  and  live  on  the  old  Shields  home  farm  at  the  Shields  Grove. 
Their  children  are  Charles,  born  in  1899,  Paul  born  in  1900,  and  Wable.  born 
in  1908.   John  Hlnathan  Little  received  his  education  at  Campbell  University 
at  Holton,  where  he  becare  an  expert  pem»an  and  accountant.   Upon  his  graduation 
he  entered  the  Linscott  State  Bank  ^n  Holto  ,  where  he  remained  as  """ssistant 
Cashier  for  several  years.   His  first  wife,  whom  he  was  divorced,  was 
-attie  Olin:  tney  had  one  child,  Aileen,  born  in  1901  and  i«d  to  1905.   His 
second  wife  was  Nellie  Good;  their  son,  *elix,  was  born  in  1908.   They  live 
on  the  old  James  W.    Little  f&rm  eleven  .idles  southwest  of  Holton   Arthur 
0.  Little  was  married  to  Lois  Highley,  and  they  lived  on  a  farm  a  few  miles 
sout  west  of  Holton  for  a  time,  wher  he  died  from  blood-poisoning,  re- 
sulting from  an  injury  to  his  hand  in  a  peice  of  farm  machinery.   Mrs. 
Little  and  the  ch  ldren  moved  to  Idaho  shortly  thereafter,  in  about  1906. 
^  is  buried  in  the  Holton  Cemetery,  his  death  having  occurred  in  1902. 
Jerome  Little,  the  younrest  child,  was  born  in  1884.   "o  graduated  from  the 
Holton  High  School  and  attended  the  University  of  Kansas.   H«  was  married 
to  Edith  Pagel,  a  neighbor  s  daughter,  and  they  live  upon  and  operate  a  part 
of  the  old  James  W.  Little  farm-   They  have  no  children. 

Garrott  William  Shields  was  born  Feb.  1,  1851,  at  Rush  Creek 
Valley,  Washington  County,  Ind.   In  1871  he  settled  with  his  father's  family 
in  Jackson  County,  Kan.  ^e  was  married  Feb.  12,  1874,  to  Fannie  P.  Stalker, 
formerly  of  Washington  County,  Indiana,  then  livin-  near  Adrian,  Jackson 
County,  Kans.   Jess  Willard,  the  prize  fighter,  later  becare  her  step- 
brother.  They  sellted  on  the  Shields  farm,  two  a-,  a  half  miles  from  what 
was  then  th<-  country  store  and  postoffice  at  Adrian,  on  Little  Cross  Creek, 


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where  he  lived  until  1904.  She  died  Sept.  9,  1882,  and  on  Dec  11,  188&, 
he  was  married  to  ttwry  Beru.ett,  a  daughter  of  George  W.  Bennett,  who  re- 
sides on  Big  Soldier  Creek,  twelve  m'les  southwest  of  Holton. 

To  his  first  wife  were  born  three  daughters,  Dora  Theodocia, 
Estella  ;  ay,  and  Effie  Felecia.   Dora  was  born  in  the  little  two-room,  log 
cabin  that  had  been  erected  by  the  Indians  in  which  her  father  and  mother 
lived  for  the  first  few  year  of  their  slurried  life.   She  married  James  Davis 
Lewelling  in  18  5.   he  was  a  Welsh  immigrant,  of  the  well-known  Llewellyn 
family  of  that  country.   For  a  time  they  lived  near  Avoca,  but  soon  settled 
on  their  present  farm  six  miles  north  of  Delia,  Kans.   Their  children  are 
*ary  Elizabeth,  born  in  1807,  educated  at  Campbell  College,  in  Holton,  and 
at  the  lii -h  School  in  St.  John,  Kans.;  Fammie  1'.,  born  in  1899,  and  In  1917 
graduated  from  Holton  High  School;  ^oy  William,  born  in  19.1;  Evan  Shields 
born  in  1904;  Edith  -ay,  born  in  1909;  Elsie  Marie,  born  in  1915.   Estella 
Way  Shiedls  was  bom  on  the  farm  on  Little  Cross  Creek.   In  l-°94  she  married 
Albert  Milton  Welt,  or  Christmas  ^ay.   They  resided  at  various  timet  in 
^ackson  County,  Kans.   and  in  Platte  County,  Mo. ,  later  in  Chase  and  "abaun 
see  Counties,  in  Kansas,  in  Oklahoma,  arid  in  Arkansas,  and  they  now  live 
nea.-  Cove,  Kar.   Their  children  are  Eva.M. ,  born  in  1896,  married  James  ^tto 
Holmes,  in  1917.Velma  Blanche,  born  in  1898;  Cecil  Albert,  born  in  1901,  in 
1917  graduated  from  the  schools  of  Gove  County  as  County  Valedictorian; 
Hazel  Irene,  born  in  1900:  Ivan  Oral,  born  in  1908;  Goldie  Lucile,  born  in 
1904;  Grace  Opal,  born  in  1910;  Louis  William,  born  in  1913;  and  Donald 
Shields,  born  in  19 i 7.   Effie  Felecia  Shields  was  born  on  the  farm  on 
Little  Cross  Creek  in  1881.   bhe  married  Marion  T.  Lasswell,  and  they  re- 
sided near  Tecumseh,  Kans.   She  died  in  1916.   Their  children  are  Hay  Wil- 
liam, who  at  the  agg.  of  15  was  drowned  in  the  Kansas  Kiver  at  Spencer,  Kans. 
in  Aug.  1915;  Edna  arie,  born  in  1906;  and  Elsie  '"ay,  born  in  1909;  there 
was  an6ther  daughter.  Flora,  who  die d  when  about  two  years  old. 

Garrott  William  Shields  by  his  second  wife  ad  five  children. 
The  oldest  is  the  writer,  John  Arthur  Shields,  then,  in  order,  a  son  who  died 
in  infancy,  Jesse  William,  Elsie  Elizabeth,  and  Earl  Haymond.  All  of  these 
except  Early  were  born  on  the  farm  near  Adrian.   I  was  born  Dec  17,  1884, 
and  lived  on  the  farm  until  1903,  since  which  time  I  have  been  away  from  home, 
in  sohool,  and  in  work  of  various  kinds.   I  attended  collge  at  various  times 
at  Lane  University,  Lecompton,  Kan.,  Campbell  College,  at  Holton,  ard  Ottawa 
University,  at  Ottawa,  Kan.,  where  I  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
1913.   Having  won  the  championship  record  on  the  typewriter  I  attended  the 
St.  Louis  Fair  as  a  denonstrator,  and  since  that  time  I  have  been  engaged 
in  prohibition  work  in  Chicago,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  H  nnesota  and  elsewhere. 
In  1909  I  traveled  over  about  half  the  states  coverin  ;  colleges  in  the 
interest  of  the  prohibition  movement.   In  1912  I  was  Chairman  of  the  Kansas 
Prohibition  Committee,  and  for  the  followin g  three  years  was  National 
Headquarters  Secretary  of  the  Prohibition  National  Committee.  Since  1916 
I  have  been  in  Minnesota,  where  I  am  the  Executive  of  the  Prhhibition  State 
Committee,  the  most  active  organization  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States. 
Or,  Aug.  15,  1911,  I  was  married  to  :,iss  Ada  Beatrice  Vincent,  at  Ottawa, 
Kan,  and  our  son,  James  Vincent  Shields,  was  born  Apr.  21,  1913.   Jesses 
William  Shields  was  born  July  29,  1887,  After  finishing  the  public  schools 
at  little  Cross  Creek  he  took  college  preparatory  work  at  Ottawa  University 
and  Campbell  College,  finishing  his  course  at  Ottawa  in  1910.   Since  that 
time  he  has  been  a  High  School  professor  having  been  located  at  Kearney, 
Neb.,  Yankton,  S.  D. ,  and  Calumet,  :/ich. ,  where  he  is  now  head  of  the  depart- 
ment of  physical  sciences   "oth  he  and  the  writer  are  i  embers  of  the 
Kasonic  Lodge.   In  1913  he  was  married  to  u'iss  Grace  E  Dague,  of  Clifton, 
formerly  of  Holton,  Kan.,  and  they  have  two  children,  Carl  Dague  Shields, 


born  in  1914,  and  Mary  Grace  Shields  born  in  1917.   Elsie  Elizabeth  S  -ields 
was  born  Ocfc.  7,  1390'.   5he  began  her  education  in  the  country  schools,  lata 


atrr 


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finishinjr  as  Valedictorian  of  her  class  at  the  Holton  High  School,  and  com- 
pleting four  years  college  course  at  Ottawa  University  in  three  years,  with 
honors,  graduat  ing  in  1S15.   She  not  only  ranked  high  as  a  student  but  also 
was  prominent  in  all  college  activities,  particularly  in  inter-collegiate 
debates.   Like  the  writer,  who  has  participated  in  five  interstate  oratorio*, 
contests,  having  won  that  many  state  .meets,  she  was  a  leader  in  public  speak- 
ing and  debating,  but  not  much  inclined  to  athletic  sprots.  After  teach 'ng 
a  year  at  the  Valley  Falls,  Kan.,  High  School,  she  married  James  leaver 
Tanner,  a  college  classmate,   ^r.  Tanner  for  a  ti  e  after  their  .ajsria^e  was 
principal  of  schools  at  Alma,  Kan. ,  where  she  was  an  assistant  teacher. 
They  own  and  operate  a  large  farm  near  St.  John,  Kans.   Earl  Raymond  Shields 
was  born  in  Holton,  Kan. ,  Jan  27,  1907,  and  is  now  attending  the  pu  blic 
school  in  Holton. 

"y  father  Garrott  William  Shields,  retired  from  the  farm  in  1904 
and  s  cne  that  time  has  lived  in  Holton,  operation  a  few  acres  of  land  as 
a  small  truck  farm  adjacent  to  town. 

Mary  E  Shields,  a  daughter  of  Ezekiel  Logan  and  Elizabeth  Jane 
Shields,  married  Newton  Jasper  Bradshaw.   He  died  eighten  or  twenty  years 
ago.   They  had  no  children.   She  now  lives  in  Holton. 

John  Elnathan  ^hields,  son  of  Ezekiel  Logan  and  Elizabeth  Jane 
Shields,  was  born  in  Washington  Co  nty,  Ind. ,  and  came  to  Jackson  County, 
Kan.,  in  1871.  After  the  death  of  his  father,  for  several  years  he  operated 
the  home  farm  at  Shields  Grovej  later  he  moved  to  a  farm  near  Holton,  and 
in  1916  moved  into  Holton-   His  wife  was  Arthusa  Dick;  they  are  the  parents 
of  five  children:  faarion  Pallia.;.  Shields,  bormin  1891  and  died  in  1916; 
Otis  and  Onie  Shields  were  twins,  born  in  1393;  the  latter  was  married  to 
a  lady  name-:"-  Faulkender;  Sadie  is  the  youngest  child  and  onlydaughter  of 
the  family. 

"ax-;aret  Semyra  Shields  was  born  in  Viashington  County,  Ind.,  and 
came  to  Kansas  in  1371   She  married  George  W.  Elliott,  and  came  to  Kansas 
to  reside  ever  since  in  Jackson  County,  now  livin.-  near  Denison,  Kan.   They 
had  but  one  child,  Charity,  who  married  Roy  Cline  in  1S02.   The  Clines  had 
a  son  who  died  while  a  child.   They  reside  in  Topeak,  Kan. 

Elizabeth  Jane  Elliott,  the  wife  of  Ezekiel  Logan  Shields,  was  born 
in  Washington  County,  Indlk  Aug  25,  1826,  and  died  in  Holton,  Kan.  I-lar.  27 
1905;  she  is  buried  in  the  Holton  Cemetery   She  was  the  daughter  of  Robert 
tlliott,  whose  wife's  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Campbell,   "obert  Elliott 
was  born  in  Chesterfie  1  County,  S.  C,  in  1789,  and  died  in  ashin-ton 

ou.--.ty,   nd.,  July5,  1854.   His  father  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  being 
one  of  General  Francis  -arion's  men.   Elizabeth  Campbell  was  the  daughter 
of  Elnathan  G.  Campbell  and  ?:ary  Thomas  Knox  °ampbell.   Campbells burg,  Ind. 
takes  its  name  from  him.   His  brother,  James,  was  the  founder  of  Jamestown, 
Pa.,  from  whom  that  place  gets  its  name.   He  came  to  A.  erica  from  County 
Antri.,  Ireland,  in  the  1890s,  residing  at  Pittsburgh,  and  alittle  later  at 
kneeling,  and  other  points  in  what  is  new  WeetVirginia.   ^e  and  his  wifexxpe 
separated,  Elizabeth  going  with  the  mother  of  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  wher-  she 
married  Robert  Hlitt.   The  Campbell  family  was  of  Scottish  origin.   This 
E.nathan  8.  Campbell  was  a  cousion  of  Alexander  Cambell,  the  founder  of  the 
church  known  as  the  Disciples  or  "Christian"  Church.   The  Irish  home  of  the 
family  was  at  Pallymer.a.   it  is  a  peculiar  coincidence  that  Eallymena  was  the 
old  Shields  home  in  Ireland  in  the  early  1600s. 


JAMES 

dames  Shields 

2.   William  Shields 

5.   James  Shields 

4.   Jesse  Shields 
4.   "  eedy  Shields 
3.   Lethe  Shields  (Gilbert) 

4.   Frank  Gilbert 
S.   Elitabeth  Shields 
2.   -eedy  White  Shields 

5.   Lycurgus  Shields 

4.   Eliza  Shields 
4.  Swing  Shields 

5.   Anna  ^uth  Shields 
5.   Ewing  ^hields 
4.   Frances  Shields  (Barnes) 
5.   Lycurgus  L.  Barnes 
5.   Rebecca  II.  Barnes 
4.   Nell  Shields 
r.   Lycur-us  L.  Shields 
4.  Albert  D.  Shields 

5.   James  Allen  Shields 
4.   Francis  Shields 
4.   eedy  W.  Shields 
S.   Sarah  Shields   (Blis'i) 

4.      -ieedy  Shields  "liath 

5.   John  Lyman  Blish 
B.  Weedy  W.  S.  Ilish 
4.   lioton  Shields  Blish 

5.   Tipton  A.  Bliah 
5.   Edwin  A.  Bilish 
5.   Stuart  Blish 
5.   Janet  ^lish 
4.  *.:jsa.  !.'.     blish  (Thompson) 

5.   ilar-uerite  Thompson 
5.  Elbridge  Bliah  Thompson 
4.   John  B.  Blish 

5.   Donald  Bliah 


5.   Sarah  Bliss 

4. 

Lucy  S.  tflieh  (Humbert) 
5.   John  Humbert 

3. 

Bruce 

Shields 

4. 

Fred  .  Shields 

5.   Fred  b.  Shields 

5.   i-'-atfgaret  Helen  Shields 

5.   Jackson  '  itchell  Shields 

4. 

•'-eedy  itchell  Shields 
5.   Daniel  Shields 
5.   Thomas  Shields 
5.   ^-ar^aret  Shields 

3. 

Elira 

P.  Shields  (Dincinson) 

4. 

Harriet  S.  Dickinson  (Waterman* 
5.   Albert  ».  Waterman 

2. 

Ewign 

"Melds 

3. 

William  Shields 

4. 

tester  Bruce  Shields 

3. 

;  eedy 

Shields 

4. 

Sarah  Shields 

3. 

Ti?tor 
•  bhielc 

i  Shields 

Betsey 

Is  (Baldwin) 

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Ranson  Baldwin 

4.   '*ary  A.  Baldwin 
4.  Elizabeth  Baldwin 
4.   Va  el  "aldwin 

5,   Bertha  Baldwin 
5.   Alma  Baldwin 
5.   Ross  Baldwin 
5.   Ruth  Baldwin 
4.   George  Baldwin 
4.   Eli za  Baldwin  (Davis) 
5.   Stella  Davis 
5.   Grace  Davis 
5.   aude  Davis 
5.    arry  Davis 
4.   ^eedy  Baldwin 
4.   John  Baldwin 

5.   "iary  Baldwin 
5.   Price  Baldwin 
§4   Rajjph  Baldwin 
5.   Charles  Baldwin 
4.   Jacob  Baldwin 

5.  Wilbur  Baldwin 
3.   ftancy  Baldwin  (Gilbert) 
4.   Meedy  Gilbert 
4.   Tosc  Gilbert 
4.   Mayy  Gilbert 
4.   Tipton  Gilbert 
5.   Elija  Bsl  dwin   (karsh) 
4.  Edmund  Marsh 
4.  Seba  --arsh 
4r.   3ob«rt  '  arsh 
3.   Charlotte  lilarsh  Baldwin 
3.   Elizabeth  Baldwin  (McClintock) 
4.   George  ""cClintock 
4.   Charlotte  ^sClintock 
4.   Sarah  -^-cClintock 
3.   ^My  Baldwin  (Marsh) 
4.   James  Marsh 
4.   Louise  ""arsh 
4.   Martha  Iv'iarsh 
4.   Enna  I'arsh 
4.   Nancy  ^arsh 
3.   Geoge  Baldwin 

4.   Jacob  Baldwin 
2.   uancy  Shields  (>"ooney  Woods) 
3.   Polly  i'ooney 
5.   Sarah  Woods  f'Pric) 

4.   Elizabeth  Price 
4.   Lawrence  Price 
3-       Woods  (Roseberry) 
4.       Roseberry 
2.  Po$8f>  Shields  ('TcClintock) 
3-   George  llcClintock 


Barnes  Shields,  one  of  the  te:n  brothers,  son  of  Robert  and  Nancy 
Stockton  Shiedls,  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1771,  With  the  family  he  moved 
ot  Sevir  County,  Tenn. ,  in  1734,  and  with  his  wife  and  children  he  again 

emigrated  to  Indiana  in  1808.   In  1795  he  was  married  to  Penelope  White,  a 


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niece  of  James  Wiite,  the  founder  of  Knoxville,  Term. ,  and  a  cousin  of  Hugh 
Lawson  '/Vhite,  member  of  ^ongress,  and  candidate  for  president  of  the  United 
State  in  1824. 

James  and  Peneplope  flhite  Shields  were  the  parents  of  five  children, 
William,  ^eedy  fthite,  Elizabeth  (or  Betzy),  &ancy,  and  *olly.   These  were  al 
born  in  Sevier  County,  Tenn. ,  cut  while  mere  children  were  brought  to  the 
new  home,  which  waslocated  near  the  present  station  called  Shields,  on  the 
B.  &   0.  Ha",  lroad,  between  Browr.stown  and  Seymour,  in  Jackson  Cour,ty,  -i-nd. 
James  and  hi6  own  son,  *"eedy  White  Shields,  were  at  various  tir.es  large  lanti 
owners  in  that  and  surrounding  couties. 

JBames  Shields  soon  thereafter  constructed  a  fort  just  north  of 
the  present  city  of  Seymour,  on  the  knoll  at  the  rear  of  the  present  Catholic 
Cemetery:  in  this  fort  this  family  and  that  of  his  sister,  "rs.  Jeanette 
Tipton,  lived  for  protection  against  the  Indians,   --e  was  in  command  of 
the  fort,  and  won  the  title  of  Captian  in  various  Indian  skirmishes  in  which 
he  led  the  forcer  of  the  settlers. 

In  his  old  age  James  Shields  became  somewhat  corpulent  and  lost 
much  of  the  strength  and  a-ility  of  his  youth,   Ke  is  said  to  have  been  ery 
fond  of  entertaining  his  friends  and  neighbors  and  for  this  purpose  he  had 
a  special  dinin~  room,  of  .ery large  proportions,  constructed,  in  which, 
from  time  to  time,  he  wo  lid  feast  his  friends.   His  heavy  eating  brought  on 
the  gout,  which  troubled  him  greatly  in  his  latter  years. 

One  story  concerning  him  is  particularyl  interesting  as  it  il- 
lustrates his  congenial  nature.   It  is  said  that  along  about  the  close  of 
the  War  of  1812  a  man  named  Perry,  from  Ohio,  was  passing  through  Indiana 
en  route  to  Illinois,  and  he  stepped  at  the  Shields  place  to  spend  the  night. 
A  friendship  immediately  grew  out  of  this  chance  meeting,  and  Perry  decided 
to  stay  a  day  or  two,  rest  his  horses,  and  hunt,  fish  and  visit  with  Shields. 
The  friendship  grew  closer,  the  days  dragged  into  weeks,  sad  months,  until 
finally  winter  approached,  and  Perry  had  not  moved  on  to  Illinois.   James 
the  urged  him  t  stay  all  winter,  as  ther  •  wo. .Id  be  no  opportunity  for  him 
to  provide  h  mself  against  the  cold  weather  reach  ng  Illinois  at  that  sea- 
son as  an  inducement,  so  the  story  goes,  Shields  finally  told  him  that  he 
wou  d  give  him  half  of  his  land  if  rerry  would  settle  right  there  and 
neighbor  with  him;  James  was  ther.  possessed  of  about  1,200  acres  of  what  is 
now  some  of  the  very  finest  land  in  Southern  Indiana.   -Tarry  accepted  the 
offer  and  stayed.   In  this  connection  it  is  interesting  to  note  one  fact 
that  has  impressed  the  writer:  Eeginning  with  about  1814  we  find  the  name 
Perry  be  .ng  applied  to  Shields  children,  and  we  find  it  in  only  the  family 
lines  of  those  who  at  about  that  time  were  living  or  frequently  visitine: 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  place  where  the  a'.ove  incident  is  said  to  have 
ESS!?  th*s.  name  ?er*J  is  t0  **■  *W   occasionally  appearing  in  the  Shields 

ffS   ;  ,  ^8  *?.   uh°Ught  °f  °therS  t   at  lt  ca:ie  fro*  ^   *iaden  name 
of  the  grandmother  of  the  ten  brothers,  but  we  have  no  information  as  to 

dafl1a««!liPret-y  Ci6ar«Lthat  U  '^  frfm  this  ^  ?erry;  and  whether  James 
dod  actially  give  him  600  acres  of  land  or  ot,  he  seems,  behound  question, 
to  have  een  quite  popular  with  the  Shields  people. 

James  Shields  died  Feb.  2,  1847,  his  wife  hav  ng  died  six  veara 
earlier;  both  were  originally  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  just  north  of 
Seymour,  but  in  1914  were  re-interred  in  the  new  Overview  Cemetery  nearly. 


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The  writer  has  visited  oth  of  these  cemeteries.   The  old  one  is  ne  :lected 
and  no  longer  used.   It  abounds  in  very  ol d  nonuments,  some  of  them  crumbled 
and  broken-  Anoung  them  we  find  numerous  6peoimens  of  bhe  "mail-order"  stones 
so  lar  ely  used  prior  to  1350.   These  are  in  the  form  of  a  sandstone  slab 
about  three  feet  hi^h  and  two  feet  wide,  with  top  rounded  off  and  the  upper 
corners  protruding.   it  would  appear  that  the  lettering  was  done  at  the 
factor:/  fro  -i  copy  furnised  wit  i  the  order,  as  it  is  mrkeily  similar  in  style 
on  all  th"^  stones.   On  the  one  referred  to  appe-js  the  following  inscription: 
"In  Memory  of  JAS.  Shield*,  Who  Departed  this  Life  Feb.  2,  1847,  Aged  76  yrs. 
mo  k         da.  "  ^t  seems  that  some  of  t  e  details  of  his  a  :c  were  omitted 
in  the  order,  a::d  the  spaces  were  never  fille  in.   This  monument  is  now  set 
up  in  the  Shields  Plot  at  Riverview,  with  that  of  his  sister,  I.Irs.  Tipton, 
and  newer  monuments  of  the  later  members  of  the  family-   The  monuments  of 
James'  son,  William  and  the  latter  s  wife,  ^enasha,  are  st  11  to  be  found 
among  the  vines  and  weeds  in  the  old  cermetrey. 

In  this  connection  a  note  ab^ofct  the  flat  stone  monument  of 
'rs.    Tipton  may  be  included.   Thi3  tone  is  different  from  t  e  others, 
being  Indiana  limestone,  made  on  the  sport  even  to  the  inscription,  by 
her  brother  James  Shields,   It  was  removed  from  the  old  cemetery  in  1914  and 
is  now  in  Riverview.   It  is  six  feet  long,  thirty  inches  wide,  and  three  infaes 
thick,  and  it  lies  flat  on  the  ground.   The  lettering  is  chiselded  in  Caps 
rather  roughly,  cut  is  quite  well  executed  considering  that  Jaues  was  not 
a  stone-cutter.   The  inscription  reads:   "IM  5S2MOR7  OF  JENNET  TIPTON,  BORN 
IN  VA. ,  KARCH  the  ?,  A.    1702  &   DIED  FSB.  the  17,  A.  D.  1827."  To  this 
has  been  added  an  inscription  concerning  the  removal  from  the  old  cemetery 
by  M.  S.  Blish,  and  also  statin??  that  she  was  the  mother  of  U.  S.  Senator 
John  Tipton.   •'•he  later  monuments  in  the  Shields  plot  are  massi  e  blocks 
of  granite,  aaioung  the  most  beautiful  in  the  entire  cemetery. 

William  Shields,  son  of  James  and  Penelope  White  Shields,  was 
born  in  Sevier  County,  Tenn. ,  in  1801,  and  died  while  servin  in  the  •Sadiana 
J-e  islature,  Jan.  27,  1840.  When  sever,  years  old  he  was  brought  to  Jackson 
County,  Ind.,  by  his  parents,  in  which  he  spent  most  of  hie  life.  ■%  i8  re_ 
puted  t:   have  been  a  very  brilliant  nan.   his  .carriage  was  an  unfortunate 
one;  the  name  of  the  woman  we  do  rot  know,  except  that  her  first  name  was 
Jerusha.   She  seems  to  have  been  a  modern  "Xantippe, "  and  she  made  life  so 
miserable  for  William  that  or.e  day  he  threw  his  rifle  OTer  his  shoulder, 
mounted  his  horse,  and  without  even  saying  good-bye,  left  for  the  "south- 
west, "  wher-  he  remained  for  several  years,  returning  j tst  as  mysteriously 
as  he  had  gone  away.   They  had  three  children,  James,  ■uethe,  and  Elizabeth. 
The  latter  never  married,   ^the  married  a  man  named  Gilbert,  and  their  son, 
Frank,  now  a  man  about  fifty  years  old,  is  a  conductor  on  the  B.  &   0.  Rail- 
road, running  thru  Seymour,  Ind.   James  had  two  sons,  Jess  and  '  eedy,  who 
reside  at  Columbus,  Ind.   Resolutions  containing  high  tributes  to  the  life 
and  character  of  William  S  delds  appear  in  the proceedings  of  both  Houses 
of  the  Indian  legislature  shortly  follwoirt;  his  death.  Hia  body  was  brought 
home  for  burial  in  a  farm  wagon,  and  interment  was  in  the  old  cemetery  just 
north  of  Seymour,  whe  e  his  monument  and  that  of  his  wife  may  be  found. 

Iteedy  Whiet  Shields  was  born  in  Sevier  Co ;  ty,  Tenn.,  July  8, 
1?05,  the  second  son  of  Jam-r-s  and  Penelope  White  Shields,.   In  1808  the 
family  removed  north  to  Jackson  County,  Ind.,  and  this  three  year  old 
child,  destined  to  be  one  of  the  most  prominent  factors  in  the  upbuilding 
of  his  county  and  state,  was  perhaps  carried  for  several  hundred  miles, 
over  mountain  and  valley  and  stream,  through  woods,  perhaps,  followin-  a 
blazed  trail  no*t  of  tie  way,  ona  saddle  pommel,  or  mayhap  only  a  folded 
blanket,  on  horseback  in  the  arms  of  mother  or  little  sister.  '  Finally  the 
family  settled  in  Jackson  County,  near  the  present  site  of  Seymour,  with 
the  upbuilding  of  which  his  life  later  became  inseoarable  linke d. 


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Yftien  the  Shields  faridly  came  there  were  but  six  families  living 
l»  fchfl  eastern  part  of  Jackson  County,  and  ihe  country  was  practically  a 
virgin  fox-est.   <%ile  a  young  nan  Isfeedy  engaged  for  a  time  in  flat-boating 
to  Hew  urleans.   In  1352  he  entered  the  army  and  had  apart  in  suppressing 
the  Indians  during  the  Black  awk  "ar;  ir.  this  expedition  be  gained  his 
commission  ad  Capti&n.   xheroafter  he  engaged  in  farm  work,  and  in  1855 
was  married  to  Eliza  iJ.  -wing,  a  daughter  of  James  Swing,  of  Brownstown, 
Ind.   In  1346  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  end  was  re-elected  in  1848. 
in  1052  he  became  a  State  Senator  and  was  re-elected  ir.  1356,  and  in  1860. 
i_e  was  a  delegate  to  the  famous  Cecocratic  National  Convention  that  met  at 
Charleston,  5.  C. ,  In  1360,  Being  a  supporter  of  Douglas. 

:edy  \\.    Shields  was  v  nm    ,.f  business.   Hie  dealings  especially 
in  land,  were  most  fortunate,   he  owned  a  large  tract,  on  which  the  city  of 
Seymour  is  ow  built.   Ifl  the  north  of  hi u  a  few  miles  was  the  beginning  of 
a  town,  and  t  .ere  was  another  sout  ■  of  h,L.  HVhen  the  B.  &  0.  Railroad  was 
proposed  it  became  evident  t^at  one  of  bhe  principal  cities  ofsouthern 
Indiana  would  inevitably  spring  up  where  it  crossed  the  Indianaplis,  & 
Louisville  track,  which  ran  through  the  Shields  Land*   The  matter  of  the 
location  of  the  new  road  ab  once  became  a  bone  of  contention  between  the 
two  towns  named-   Hesdy  I .  Chields  at  once  quietly  began  planning  to  get  the 
road  for  himself  and  brin;;  tho  crossing  on  his  own  land,  andtp  this  end 
he  offered  the  company  a  free  right  of  way  across  his  property;  but  there 
was  some  difficult  grading  necessary  in  order  to  locate  the  roar  where  he 
planned,  and  the  company  could  not  see  its  way  clear  to   undertake  it.   Then 
Shields  proposed  that  he  himself  would  >nake  the  required  cuts,  and  with  a 
force  of  his  neighbors  he  accomplished  the  work.   The  crossing,  as  he 
foresaw,  was  the  beginning  of  a  cit  ,  which  was  at  once  platted  and  name 
Seymour,  in  honor  of  the  surveyor  of  the  uoad.   He  gave  lost  to  all  church 
denominations  desiring  them,  and  bult  the  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which 

rs.  Shields  was  long  a  leading  member.   He  heplefi  to  organize  various  busi- 
ness institutions  in  the  place,  including  the  First  ^at.onal  Bank  and  a 
large  general  store.   He  engaged  aeavily  in  stock-raising,  an  conducted 
pork-pack  ag  plants  at  Seymour  and  Brownstown.   He  lias  been  properly  called 
"A  Leading  Farmer  of  His  Day. "  He  died  in  1866. 

The  children  of  M»ddy  White  and  Eliza  P.  Swing  Shields  were 
Sarah,  Bruce,  Eliza  i. , . Lycurgus,  Swing*  William  II. ,  Meedy  l  ,  and  Tipton. 

Sarah  Shields  Jiarried  John  H.  Blish,  and  to  this  union  was  born 
five  children:   l^eedy  Shields  Blish,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Syemour, 
engaged  with  his  brother,  in  the  flour  milling  ousiness  u  der  the  frim  name 
of  Blish  Killing  Co.   he  MS  married  to  Isabeela  E~erin,;ham,  of  Chicago. 
They  hare  two  sons,  Jonn  Lyman,  and  :eedy  A.  S.  ^lssh.   Tipton  Shields 
dish,  son  of  Sarah  above  referred  to,  is  also  a  leading  business  man  of 
Seymour,  a  member  of  the  firm  mentioned  above;  he  was  married  to  A?nes 
Andrews,  and  their  children  are  Titpon  A.,  Edwin  A.k  Stuart,  and  Janet. 
K    S.  and  T.  S.  Elish,  in  1914,  erected  a  )4..,000  Farmers  Club  Building 
in  Seymour,  and  institution  unique  in  the  history  of  the  Farmers  Club 
movement  in  this  country,  and  also  provided  for  the  organization  andperpetuA.1 
maintenance  of  a  Farmers  Club,   i'his  was  done  as  a  memorial  to  their  grand- 
father, ilendy  "hist  Shields,   me  . ..  Blish,  a  sister  of  the  two  n;en  just 
referred  to,  marri :  d  E.  ',.    Thompson  tueir  daughter,  marguerite,  married 
Thoma"  Groub,  and  their  sou,  Clbridge  Blish  Thompason,  who  lost  his  life  on 
theill-fated  Lusitania,  left  a  widow,  ^a.ude  a. ,  now  engaged  in  Red  Cross 
Hospital  work  in  Paris,  France,   -'e  was  connedted  with  the  Biish  billing 
Company, and  was  a  graduate  of  i'ale;  his  memory  tow  Yale  scholarships  are 
provided  for  graduates  of  Shields  High  School,  of  Seymour,  by  Mrs.  Thompson. 


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John  B.  -lish,  also  one  of  the  children  of  Sarah  Shields  Blish,  is  a  United 

States  Ba7al  Officer,  stationed  at  Baltimore  he  has  a  son  Donald,  and  a 

dai  hter,  Sarah.   Lucy  6.  Bllth,  another  of  the  children  of  Sarah,  .Tarried 
W,  c.  rT'inbert,  and  they  had  a  son,  John  Humbert. 

I  rude  Shields,  son  of  Veedy  "liite  ShiedlB,  was  .carried  to  Jane 
Mitchell.   They  had  three  children,  fifed,  Meedy  M.,  and  Helen.   Fred  is  a 
passenger  conductor  on  the  "nion  Pacific  Railroad,  ru  ning  between  Kansas 
City  and  Server-  <-e   resides  ac  3400  liohigan  Ave.,  Kansas  City,  So   He 
was  born  at  Seymour,  Ind. ,  June  IS,  1370.   his  son,  Fred  B..  was  born  at 
Cypsum  City,  Kan.,  Feb.  i,  1895;  his  dau,*her  i&rguerite  Helen  was  born  at 
Council  Grove,  Kan.  ,  Sept.  12,  1395;  and  his  son  Jackson  '.'itchell  was  born 
in  Kansas  City,  «r.  July  24,  1906. 

'.leedy  Kitehell  shied la,  son  of  Bruce  referred  to  above,  was 
born  at  Seymour,  Ind-,  Mra.  6,  136S.   -is  address  is  Delta  building,  Los 
Angles,  Calif,   his  sister,  "elen  Hisabtth,  was  born  at  Seymour  Dec.  7, 
1P72,  married  y  Morrison,  and  lives  at  ?.5B  Bonnie  Brae  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
^eedy  K.  has  three  children,  Daniel,  Th  ■-ms,  and  ^ar  ;aret. 

Eliza  ?  Shields,  daughter  o?   ^eddy  White  s  delds,  married  A.  W 
Dickinson,  Superintendent  of  the  Missouri  Paoific  Bailroad.   Their  daughter, 
Harriet  8.  Dickinson,  married  S.  Jewott  Watennan,  also  a  prominent  rail  - 
road  offical.   Kra*  Dickinson  died  Sftr.  13,  1896,  in  a  Chicago  hospital. 
It  is  a  peculiar  coincidence  that  her  sister,  Sarah,  died  at  the  same  time 
and  place  and  under  similar  circumstances,  and  a  double  funeral  service  was 
conducted  for  them  They  were  buried  in  Riverlve  Cemetery,  Seymour,  Ind. 
She  had  a  son,  Albert  W.  Waterman. 

Lyeurgtt*  Shields,  Boa  of  Meedy  "hite  "hieldi,  was  married  to 
Bane  -^ccolla.;,   *heir  ch  ldren  were  hli^a;  Swing,  who  was  married  to  %,ttie 
White  an.-  whose  children  are  Anna  Ruth  and  Swiagl  Frances,  who  marric 
Barnes  and  whose  children  ars  Lycurj-us  L  and  Sebotca  H«  Barnes;  i4ell,  who 
marrid  Arch  A-  Dixon;  Lycurgus  I  ,  who  die"  in  1916;  Alber  8.,  who  was 
married  to  '-la  iVuett  and  w,,o  ha3  a  son,  James  Allen)  Francis;  and  eedy 
W. ,  who  was  raarried  to  '^arie  Bblzer. 

Swing  Shields  iras  a  son  of  -*eedy  White  Shiedls,  but  of  him  T*e 

have  no  further  information. 

William  H.  Shields,  s  n  of  Heedy  Halt*  fchlelds,  was  born  in  1343 
in  Jackson  County,  Ind. ,  and  at  the  family  home  in  Rockford,  in  1S12.   Dur- 
ing his  entire  life  he  resided  in  or  near  Seymour.   In  1879  he  was  married 
to  Sarah  Rester,  of  Rockford,  eleven  year  his  jun  or,  whostill  lives  on  a 
farm  near  Seymour,  and  to  them  was  bom  ons  son,  Roster  Bruse,  in  1880. 
his  son  was  married  to  Julia  Adkins  "osnell  in  1909,  and  is  engage-'  in  farming 
in  Jp.ckson  County,  Ind.   William  II  ^hields  ivas  a  public  spirited  x.an,  and 
was  for  two  terms  188  to  1390,  a  .member  of  the  Indiana  legislature.  ue  was 
especially  interested  in  everything  tending  to  promote  the  welfare  of 
his  community.   rie  was  stricken  with  paralysis  about  six  year  before  his 
death,  and  since  that  ti  e  was  in  poor  heal  oh.   he  ims  buried  in  the  family 
lot  in  Riverview  Cemetery. 

-eddy  W.  Shields,  son  of  ^cedy  Rhite  Shields,  was  born  in  1345,  near  Seymour 
and  spent  his  entire  life  in  that  vicinity.   *t  is  a  perculiar  coincidence 
that  his  death  and  that,  o .'  his  older  brother,  willia  11.,  occurred  on  the 
same  dye .   Be  died  in  his  rooms  a!;  the  Hotel  Jcnas,  in  Sey.our,  also  para- 
lysis, but  unexpectedly,   ^e  was  at  the  time  fo  his  death  angaged  as  clerk 

of  the  fckarik. hotel. 


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In  1871  he  was  married  to  *da  Conway,  and  to  th  m  was  born  one  daughter,  Sarah. 
Following  a  double  funeral  at  the  Shields  home  in  Rockford  he  was  juried 
beside  his  brother  in  Riverview  Cemetery.   The  coincidence  is  all  the  more 
remarkable  since  the  deaths  of  the  si  sters  of  these  :en  occurred  almost 
the  same  time  also,  as  referre  1  to  above. 

The  youngest  child  of  ^eedy  W  and  Eliza  P.  Ewin  Shields 
was  named  Tipton.  Of  him  we  know  nothing  further. 

James  and  Penepope  White  Shields  had  three  daughters,  Betsey, 
born  in  1797,  who  marrid  a  Mr.  Baldwin;  Kancy,  born  in  1799,  married  first 
a  Mr.  Mooney  and  then  Lawrence  Woods;  and  Poyyl,  orn  in  1^03,  married  a 

man  named  KcClintock. 

Betsey  Shields,  daughter  of  James  and  Peneplope  White  Shields, 
was  born  in  Sevir  Co  nty,  Term. ,  and  at  the  age  of  eleven  was  brought  by 
her  parents  to  Jackson  County,  "ndiana.   On  July  12,  1320,  s  e  married 
°acob  Baldwin,  who  was  born  in  1798  and  died  in  1864.   '^hey  settled  in 

ackson  County,  where  she  died  in  1877.  They  had  seven  children.  Ransom, 
ftancy,  Eliza,  Charlotte,  Elizabeth,  ^ary,  and  George. 

Ransom  Baldwin  was  born  in  1832  and  died  in  1898.   Be  resieded 
at  Reddington,  Inkd. ,  allhis  lif#.   In  1§52  he  was  marri  d  to  --artha  Gilbert 
who  was  born  in  1836  and  die  in  1906.   hey  had  ei  ht  c  -ildren:   ""ary  A., 
Elizabeth,  Oramel,  George,  Eliza,  ^eddy,  John,  and  Jacob.  %ry  A.  was  born 
in  1854  and  died,  unmarrie  i,  in  1878.   Elizabeth  was  born  in  1856  and  died 
the  followin  yea    Oramel  was  born  in  1857  and  now  resided  at  Reddington 
Ind.   In  1  80  he  was  married  to  Ella  ""cClinctock,  who  died  in  1908.   *hey 
had  four  children'   Bert  a,  w  o  married  Wm.  Beckwith,  Alma,  w  o  married 
Louis  Hawk,  Ross  and  xVth.   George  was  born  in  1  61  and  idea  in  1880,  not 
married.   Eliza  was  born  in  18G2,  at  Reddington,  and  now  resides  at  Columbus 
indian.   he  married  Calvin  Bawls,  oI'Rdddingirnton,  and  th^y  have  four 
children:   Stella,  unmarrie  ;  Grace,  who  married  Jacob  Fields;  i^aude,  who 
married  George  Kewkirk;  and  Harry,  unmarried.   Meddy  was  born  in  1864,  and 
is  still  living,  but  we  know  nothinp  further  of  him.   John  was  born  at  Red- 
din  -ton  in  1868,  and  in  1895  was  married  to  ^eona  Allman.   xhey  reside  at 
Reddington.   Their  four  children  are  "«ry,  born  in  1896,  Price,  born  in 
1898,  Raloh,  born  in  1902,  and  Charles,  born  in  1906.   Jacob  was  born  at  Re  d- 
dington  in  1871,  where  he  now  resides,   xle  was  married  to  Annabel  Talley, 
and  they  have  a  son.  Wilbur  born  in  1£04. 

Nancy  Baldwin,  daughter  of  Betsye  Shields  "aldwin,  was  bo.n  at 
Reddington,  Ind  ,  in  1  21,  and  died  there  in  1860.   she  married  Amason  Gil- 
bert, also  of  Reddington,  wher^  they  resiede".   They  ha  four  children1 
"ieedy,  who  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Williams;  Toss;  Tipton  and  iary:  but 
concerning  the  last  three  we  have  no  further  nformation. 

Eliza  Baldwin,  daughter  of  Betsy  Shields  Baldwin,  was  om  at 
Reddington,  -nd,  in  1823,  and  died  there  in  1897.   *er  husband  was  Seba 

arsh,  and  they  had  three  children:  Edmund,  who  was  married  to  'iary  Bain, 
Seba,  who  wah  married  to  Mary  Foster  and  Robert,  whos  was  married  to  Baura 
Hibbs 

Charlotte  Baldwin,  daugher  of  Betsey  Shiedls  Baldwin,  was  born 
at  Reddington,  Ind.,  in  1828,  and  died  ther  in  1874.  She  was  never  mar- 
ried. 

lizabeth  Baldwin,  daughter  of  letsey  Shields  Baldwin,  was 
born  at  Reddington,  in  1830,  and  died  there  in  1909.   H»r  husband  was 


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was  Samuel  tficClintock,  and  they  had  three  children:   George,  who  was  married 
to  iV"ancy  "lien  Davis:  ^harlotie,  who  married  Cass  eem:  and  Sarah,  who 
married  Brwon  Shields; 

^"ary  aldwin,  daughter  of  Betsey  Shields  Bald  in,  was  born  at 
Reddin  ton  in  1825,  where  she  die'  in  1899.   H»r  husband  was  Edmund  %  rsh 
and  they  had  five  children:   James,  who  was  married  to  ■<ary  °ox:  Louise,  *ho 
married  Levett  Foster-  ^-artha,  who  married  Valentine  *ox;  Emma,  who  mar- 
ried Wm.  ;nurrya;  and  Bancy  who  mar  ried  Smith  Gilbert. 

George  Baldwin,  son  of  Betsey  Shields  Baldwin,  was  born  at 
Reddinrton,  in  1854  and  died  there  in  1860.   uis  wife  was  Sarah  Foster. 
They  had  a  son,  Jacob,  whose  wife  was  Bora  Robertson. 

^ancy,  daughter  of  James  and  Penelope  'Vi.ite  ^hiedls,  referred 
to  above,  had  a  daugher,  Polly,  by  her  first  husband;  she  never  married. 
Cy  her  second  husband  she  had  a  da  filter  Sarah  who  married  a  Price,  their 
children  being  ElizaLet,  and  Lawrence,  and  another  daughter,  rasas  name 
unknown,  who  married  a  Rosebeery;  the  son  on  the  latter  is  now  a  Baber  in 
Seymour. 

Polly,  daughter  of  #ames  and  Penelope  IV  ite  Shields,  had  a  son 
George  ""cClintock,  who  resides  near  Reddingotn,  Indiana. 


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Roi  ert  Shields 

2.   Jesse  Shields 
2.   ^eedy  Shields 

2.  Robert  Shields 

5.   Geofge  R.  Shields 


4. 

John  W.  Shields 

5.   Cyntha  A.  Shields 

5.   Robert  J.  Shields 

5.  Elizabeth  Shields 

5.   Sarah  L.  Shields 

5.   George  R.  Shields 

Richard  Shields 

3.   John  ■ 

Dipton  Shields 

4. 

John  Alwin  Paul  Shields 

5.   Hal  L.  Shields 

5.   Pauline  L.  Shields 

5.   Thelma  Ruth  Shields 

5.   Ella  ::ay  Shields 

4. 

Loyed  B.  Shields 

4. 

Robert  Shields 

4. 

Sarah  E.  Shields  (  'c/ahan) 

5.  Walter  MaMfthan 

5.  I^&ry   Q.  :<:c;'ahan 

4. 

Susanra  Isadora  Shields 

5.   Perry 

Shields 

4. 

Perry  Shields 

5.   Ja:ues 

Shields 

4. 

Perry  Shields 

5.   George  Shields 

5.  Matilda  Shields 

5.   Delia  Shields 

5.  Margaret  Shields 

5.  Jacob  Perry  Shields 

6.   Ella  May  Shields 

Cora  Alice    (Simms) 

7.      The  laaa  Irene  Sioms 
7.      yildreri  1-iay  Sinais 

Jacob  Edwin  Shields 

7.   Dessie  Aurilla  Shields 


S.   Jesse  Shields 

4.        Shields  (Tritt 
4.  Andrew  Shields 

S.   Henderson  Shields 

4.  Andrew  Shields 

S.   Meedy  W.  Shields 

8.   R.  Vc.  Shields 

5.  Kanay  "hi elds 

S.   Robert  B*  Shields 

4.   Arthur  fclaine  Shields 
5.   Rhonda  Shields 
5.   Edith  Shields 
4.   Sopnia  Jane  Shields 
4.   Victor  Shields 
4.   hobart  Shields 
4.   Frances  Shields 
4.   Deboroah  Shields 
4.   John  Shields 
4.   Haskell  Shields 
4-   Grafton  Shields 

5.   Deborah  Shields 


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3.   Sarah  Shields  (Shields) 
George  R.  Shields 

5.   Frederick  VVyatt  Shields 
5.   %ry  E.  shields 
5.   Roger  Denton  Shields 
4.   William  A.  Shields 
4.   John  1.  3hields 
2.  Nancy  Shields 
2.   Sarah  Shields 
2.   Deborah  Shields 
2«   Jonathan  Shields 
2.   Jennie  Shields 
2.   Polly  Shields 
2.   Sabra  Shields 


Robert  Shields  was  one  of  the  sons  of  Bo  ert  and  Nancy  Stockton 
Shields.   Ke  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1772  and  died  in  Pigeon  Forge,  seven 
miles  southeast  of  Sevierville,  Tenn. ,  in  1833.   In  1992  he  was  married  to 
Sabra  "Vhite,  a  sister  of  Penelope  White,  the  wife  of  James  Shields,  brother 
of  Rorert,   Robert  and  his  family  came  to  Floyd  County,  Ind  ,  in  1808.   He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  under  General  Harrison.   In  1815  he  returnd 
to  Sevier  County  where  the  Shields  family  had  settled  upon  coming  from 
Virginia  in  1784.   After  his  return  to  Tennessee  he  became  quite  wealthy, 
owning  much  valuable  land.   He  had  eleven  children:   Jesse,  Meedy  W- ,  who 
married  Kan  Floyd,  Robert,  of  whom  more  is  dated  below,  Nancy,  Sarah, 
Deborah,  Jonathan,  Jennie,  Polly  and  Sabra.  We  know  little  of  any  of  these 
except  Robert  and  Richard. 

Robert  Shields,  above  referred  to  as  the  6on  of  Robert  and  Sabra 
White  Shields,  was  married  to  Eliza  Floyd,  a  sister  of  Nan  Ployd  mentioned 
above.   They  had  a  son,  George  R.  Shields,  who  was  born  ''.ay  8,  1833,  in 
Blount  County,  Term. ,  and  moved  to  McDonald  County,  Mo.,  in  1846.   -±e  was 
married  to  Anna  IL  Testerman,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  T.  Tesetrrnan,  and  they 
had  a  son,  John  W.  Shields,  born  Nov.  14,  1856;  he  was  married  to  Lulie  1. 
Riggs  ~ct,  14,  1830,  near  Southwest  City,  Mo.   Their  children  in  turn  were 
Cynthia  A.,  Robert  J.,  Elisabeth,  Sarah  L. ,  George  R. 

Richard  Shields,  above  named  son  of  Robert  and  Sabra  White  Shields 
was  born  in  Sevier  County,  Term. ,  n  1793,  and  died  in  that  County  in  1865. 
Ke  v.-as  a  farmer  and  a  miller.   His  first  wife  was  Susan  Thurman,  and  his 
second  was  Emily  Adams.   He,  like  his  father,  had  eleven  children:   John 
Titpon,  of  whom  more  : s  said  later;  Perry,  who  married  a  la  dy  named  Gillet, 
and  died  in  Georgia,  near  ^hattanooga;  he  in  turn  had  a  son  named  Perry, 
and  two  daughters;  the  son  lives  just  across  the  Missionary  Midge,  at 
Highland  Park,  Tenn. ,  and  is  a  prosperous  farmer.   Jane  (again  returning  to 
the  sons  of  Richard)  who  went  to  Alabama,  and  later  to  Indiana,  still  later 
settling  in  Quincy,  Hickory  county,  Mo.   For  years  thsi  family  was  completely 
separated  fromthe  other  Shields.   e  had  a  son  Perry  who  had  six  children. 
We  know  no thin  •  further  of  this  James.  After  leaving  home  he  wrote  a  few 
letters,  but  he  an  I  his  father  had  a  misunderstanding  and  correspondence 
ceased.   The  children  of  the  son  refferred  to  were  George,  who  died  in  1884, 
;ratilda  who  married  Frank  Anderson,  Delia  who  married  Calph  Cruthers,  -"-ar-aret 
who  mar re id  ^ra  Ro6e  and  for  a  long  time  reiiddd  at  Humboldt,  Kans. ,  and 
Jacob  Perry  who  was  married  to  "rs.  Malissa  Case.   Thia  Jacob  Perry  Shields 
was  born  in  Indiana in  1844  and  died  in  19:7.   Ba  had  three  children   Ella 
Vay,  born  in  1869,  married  John  R.  Cash  in  18  5,  resides  at  Monitor,  Ore. 
Cora  Alice,  born  in  1876,  married  Aichard  Simms,  of  Greene  County,  Va. ,  in 


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1895,  and  vrith  two  daughters,  Thelma  *rene,  born  in  1904,  and  Mildred  May, 
born  in  1907,  resides  at  Hoff,  Oregon;  and  Jacob  Edwin,  Lorn  in  1884  mar- 
ried to  V&ud.   Canady  in  1906,  and  has  one  daughter  Dessie  Aurrilla,  born 
in  1906. 

Jesse  Shields  a  son  of  icha  rd  and  grandson  of  Robert  of  the  ten 
brothers  was  a  soldier.  XAe   serve  in  the  Mexican  War  and  was  at  the  capture 
of  ?5exicao  City;  he  was  also  a  captain  for  three  years  in  the  Second  Term. 
Cavalry  during  the  Civil  Y/ar;  he  died  in  Alabama.   Hie  wife  was  'iargaret 
Spur  eon,  and  thay  had  one  son,  Andrew  Shiedls,  who  lives  at  Hoyds  Creek, 
Term. ,  thye  had  a  daughter,  ftxmte  unknown,  who  married  W.  H.  Tritt,  of 
Witts  Foundry,  Tenn.   Henderson,  brother  of  "esse  just  referred  to,  v;ho  had 
one  son  Andrew,  and  one  daughter,  was  killled  by  a  cannon  ball  at  the  battle 
of  Vicksbur^  in  1864?  the  son  Andrew  owns  and  lives  on  a  fine  farm  a  short 
distance  elow  Knoxville,  on  the  Tennessee  River.   Keedy  ff.  another  brother, 
who  was  born  in  1347,  has  been  a  minister,  and  n  w  keeps  a  hotel  at  Spring 
Place,  Ga- ,  B  Ue  who  is  an  official  of  the  state  prison  at  ^etros,  Tenn. 
Uancy  who  married  a  Ferryman  and  lives  near  Pigeon  Forge, *enn.   Robert  H. 
of  whom  more  is  said  below;  Deborah,  who  married  a  Inquire;  Sarah,  who 
married  a  distant  cousin,  Jesse  H  Shields,  who  was  a  (treat  -ra  d.son  of 
Richard,  one  of  the  tne  borthers;  her  family  is  referred  to  in  connection 
with  her  husband's  family  line. 

John  Titpton  Shields,  referred  to  above,  was  a  son  of  Richard 
Shields  and  a  grandson  of  Robert,   ~e  was  a  physician,  born  Sept.  27,  1825 
in  Sevier  County,  Tenn.,  and  died  Oct.  29,  1907,  at  Chestnut  Rill,  Jefferson 
County,  Tenn.   lie  was  married  to  Margaret  Q.  H  11  "ar.  14,  1354.  lie  served 
as  a  physician  dur ': Ag^the  Mexican  War.   He  was  a  Brigadier  General  of  milita 
in  the  United  States  Army  at  the  out  break  of  the  Civil  War.   When  the 
Civil  War  broke  out  he  became  a  strong  Union  Sympathizer,  and  as  such  had 
great  influence  in  eastern  Tennessee.   The  rebels  tri^d  to  kill  him.  In  es- 
caping to  the  north  he  was  exposed  to  the  weather,  and  upon  his  arrival  at 
Camp  Kelson, Ky. ,  lis  physical  condition  was  such  that  he  was  rejected  from 
service  in  the  Union  army.   He  the  went  to  Indiana,  Illinois,  and  Missouri 
visiting  distant  relatives,  and  aL  the  close  of  the  war  returned  to  Tennessee. 
he  also  was  a  pominent  man  in  civil  affairs,  being  the  first  Trustee  of 
Sevier  County.   lie  held  Elder's  Orders  in  the  Halted  Brothers  Chuch,  was 
an  a  le  speaker,  and  was  consideeed  one  of  the  best  informed  men  in  the  State. 

H  wassix  feet  tall  an-  wei  hten  two  hundred  pounds.   He  was  buried  at 
Chestnut  Kill  cemetery,  at  Bean's  Station,  near  Knoxville,  Tenn.  ue   had  five 
children:   John  Alwin  Paul  Shields,  referred  to  later,  Loyed  B.  Shields,  born 
Dec.  1,  1856-  Robert  Shields,  born  i.'ar.  4,  1861  and  died  th*  same  year  :  Sarah 
E.  Shields,  born  Cct.  15,  1862  and  died  in  1881;  she  married,  a  R.  A.  IfcMarmn 
and  their  son,  Walter,  is  a  prominent  physician  in  Sevierville,  formerly 
a  member  of  the  Tennessee  Legislature,  and  private  secretary  to  former  Con- 
gressman voroney  their  daughter  %ry  Q.  KeM&h&n  married  John  Dennis; 
Susanna  Hadore,  also  a  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Tipton  Shields,  was  born  Nov.  26 
1854,  and  died  four  year  later. 

John  Alwin  Paul  Shields,  son  of  Dr.  John  Titpon  Shields,  above 
referred  to,  was  born  Kov  17,  1869,  at  Chestnut  Hill,  Tenn.   he  has  his 
medical  degree  from  U.  ff.  Grant  University,  from  which  institution  he  grad- 
uated as  president  of  Ms  class,  wit:  the  gold  medal.   He  is  five  feet^nd 
eight  inches  tall,  and  weighs  two  hundred  pounds   is  a  rood  athletic  man- 
He  has  dark  hiar  tinged  with  gray,  red  mustache,  and  blue  eyes.  His  wife 
Josie  E.  I  cAndrew,  is  of  Scotch  descent-   Ell  five  children  are:   Hal  L. , 
born  Sept.  16,  1901,  died  In   1815:  Pauline  L. ,  born  Sept.  27,  1903;  Theftaa 
Ruth,  born  !  ar.  11,  1905;  and  Ella  '.'ay,  born  Jan. 


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21,  1909.   "e  is  a  physician,  connected  with  a  lumber  concern,  at  '"'.orma,  Tenn. 

"obert  Shields,  :ientionej  above,  a  son  of  Richard,  was,  like 
his  father,  a  prominent  man  of  Sevier  County,  Tenn.      lie  was  for  many  years 
a  Trustee  of  the  county   fe  was  born  in  1857,  and  died  in  1916.   His  wife's 
maiden  name  was  Clabo.   His  children  were  Arthur  ^laine  Shields,  who  was 
married  to  Sophia  Jane  HcClure;   they  have  two  da  .-hters,  Rhonda  and  Edith: 
Sophia  Jane  Shieldsj  Victor  Shields;  Mobart  Shields;  Frances  Shields; 
Deborah  Shields:  Jorai  Shieldsj  Haskell  Shields;  Grafton  Shields;  and  two 
other  daughters  who  are  married,  but  whose  na^es  we  do  not  know. 


JOHN 

John  Shields 

2.   Jennie  bhileds  (?)  (Tipton) 
3.   Spier  Shields  Tipton 

John  Shields,  sonof  Revert  and  ^ancy  Stockton  Shields,  is,  in 
one  respect,  the  best  knwon  of  all  the  ten  brothers,  but  although  he  has 
more  claim  to  a  place  in  the  history  of  his  country  than  has  any  of  his 
brothers,  we  knew  rlsomst  nothing;  about  him.   He  was  tha  gunsmith  on  the 
Lewis  4  Clark  Expetion  to  Oregon,  commissioned  by  President  Thomas  Jeffer- 
son to  explore  th^  Missouri  Siver  to  its  source,  and  then  go  across  the 
mountains  to  the  hear  waters  of  the  Columbia,  and  follow  its  course  to  the 
Pacific  uoean.   This  little  party  of  twenty-nine  men  left  St.  Louis  in  1804 
and  was  more  than  two  years  in  accomplishing  its  mission. 

John  Shields  is  highly  spoken  of  in  the  reports  of  both  Lewis  aid 
Clark  as  a  scout  and  gunsmith,  although  very  little  of  an  intimate  nature 
is  known  of  him-   Be  is  crrdited  with  having  preserved  the  lives  of  the 
members  of  the  party  during  their  first  winter,  which  was  spent  near  the 
present  cijsy  of  handan,  I.  D   He  diplomatically  kept  the  'andan  Indians 
in  good  humor,  and  through  his  skill  as  a  blacks-it  ,  fashioned  all  sorts 
of  old  metal  into  hatchets,  knives,  and  ether  implements,  imic.  were  traded 
to  the  Indians  for  corn  and  other  rovIsion6  so  sorely  needed  when  the  little 
party  found  itself  destitude  and  facing  starvation.   Too  much  credit  cannot 
be  -iven  to  this  little  party  for  the  work  it  did. 

Jennie  Shields,  the  cousin  and  wife  of  General  John  Titpon,  is 
generally  believed  to  have  been  the  daughter  of  this  explorer,  although  it 
must  be  admitted  that  this  cannot  at  present  be  definitely  proved.   More 
ofher  and  her  descendants  will  be  found  in  connection  with  the  story  of 
John  Tipton,  and  his  mother,  Janet  Shields  Tipton. 

What  became  of  Jo  n  Shields  we  do  not  know.   For  a  time  at 
least,  after  his  return  from  the  west,  he  li  ved  in  soughern  Indiana,  but 
later  his  return  from  Indiana  to  Sevier  County,  Tennessee,  -where  he  pro- 
bably was  buried. 

Shortly  followin-  tho  War  of  1812  we  find  a  reoord  of  his  having 
made  repeated  efforts  to  gain  some  recognition  for  his  immensely  valuable 
efforts  and  services  to  his  country.   His  long  trip,  together  with  the  fatigue 


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and  exposure  incident  to  it,  ruined  his  health,  and  it  is  said  that  he 
wore  his  life  away  in  Washington  in  a  van  effort  to  get  Congress  to  re- 
lieve his  poverty  by  aking  some  provision  for  him  in  return  for  what  he 
had  done.   No  reward  was  over  given  him,  howerer,  during  his  lifetime,  ano 
now,  "th  fitful  fever  of  life  beirr;  ovee,  he  seeeps  well,"  but  there  is 
not  a  stone  to  rale  the  place  of  his  buria3  known.   Perhaps  soar.vhere  in 
Indiana,  or  in  the  mountainaof  eastern  Tennessee,  or  in  Virginia,  where  he 
was  born  nobody  knows  just  whero,  his  remains  reoose.   Ha  is,  by  the  govern 
ment  for  which  lie  did  30  much,  left,  so  far  as  it  is  concerned,  without  a 
monument  to  mark  his  ratting  lace,  or  a  line  of  record  to  indicate  where 
it  might  be  found. 


JOSEPH 


1.  Joseph 

Shields 

2. 

^atha 

V.  Shields 

3* 

Sarah  Shields 

5. 

Willia  0.  Shields 

5. 

Jane  Shields 

5. 

Ellen  Shields 

S. 

^enry  H.  Shields 

s. 

%Ttin  Shields 

4.   David  H.  Shields 

5.   Wllaft  Louise  Shied  Is 
5.   i'-^ary  Arline  Shields 
4.   W.  E.  Shields 
4.   Josie  i--ey  Shields 
4.   Isaac  Lruce  Shields 
4.   i-attie  Ellen  Shields 
4-   iiarry  V.  Shields 

S. 

Ellii  Shields 

3. 

John  J.  Shields 

8- 

Susan  Shields 

s. 

Eli  Shields 

5.   ancy  Shields 

3.   Polly  Shields 
KiBjia  -hirlds 

3.   I'inzie  yhileds 

4.   Laura  Shileds 
4.   Etta  Shields 
4   Guy  Shields 
4.   Iiattie  V.  Shields 
4.   Lucy  C.  Shields 
4.   Hiram  Shields 

3.   John  A.  Shields 

4.   iliza  Shields 
4.   Louis  Shields 
Joseph  Shields 

3-   -ary  Ann  Shields 

3.   ftathan  Shields 

3   Emizia  Shields 

3.   William  Shields 

3.   Eliza  ^hielde 

3.   Susar  Shields 

3.   Ettie  Shields 

3.   Lucy  Shields 


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/ 

2.   Asa  L.  Shields 

S.   John  W.  Shields 
2.   Hiram  Shields 
2.   David  Shields 
2.   -'esse  Shi-Ids 

Joseph  was  one  of  the  younger  sor.  s  of  1-iobert  an.  ^ancy  dtockton 
Shields,  borr  in  the  Shenandoah  valley  of  Virginia  probably  in  the  late 
1770s.  We  know  very  little  of  him.  *m   was  severely  wounded  by  a  party  of 
Cherokee  Indian,  near  Sevierville,  Tenn.  on  April  18,  1793,  at  the  time 
that  his  borther-in-law,  Joshua  Tipton,  was  killed.   ;-e  lived  in  the  vicinity 
of  Sevier  County,  Tenn. ,  from  the  time  the  Shields  family  came  to  that  sec- 
tion until  about  1303,  when  he  went  north,  probably  to  Louisville,  or  some 
nearby  place  ;n  Kentucky,  and  later  into  Harrison  County,  Ind.   ^e  had  six 
sons?  there  ray  have  vee:  more.   Their  names  were  hathan  V.,  of  whom  more 
is  said  later:  Kinzie,  also  again  referred  to;  Jose  oh,  who  is  mentioned  be- 
low; Asa  L.  who  was  first  aarri:d  to  ary  ','lner,  and  second  to  Rachel  See- 
horn,  in  1860,  9aA   iTho  had  a  son  by  his  first  wife  named  John  •.  Shields. 
The  other  sons  of  Joseph  were  Hiram,  David,  and  Jesse. 

"athan  V.  Shields  was  born  June  3,  1808,  in  sevier  County,  Tenn- 
When  a  child,  probably  about  1808,  he  moved  wit;,  his  parents  tc  --arrison 
County,  Indiana,  vdier  he  wtis  latter  married  to  Pooly  Onion,  August  6,  1827. 
After  her  deat  .  he  was  marrie:  to  --ary  Kdngery,  in  ilarch  1835.   In  1856 
they  moved  to  Fulton  County,  111.,  which  then  comprised  a  much  lar  ^r  section 
than  now.   He  was  a  wheelwright  by  tade.   He  died  °ct.  15,  1866. 

The  children  or  hathan  V.  Shields  were  as  follows:  by  his  first 
wile,  Sarah,  bom  in  1828  married  William  Kike  in  1848;  William  0.,  Born 
in  18c0,  died  in  1847;  Ellen,  oorn  in  18SX,  marri  d  bpdriam  Dubes  in  1853; 
Jane,   orn  in  18S4>   y  second  wife,  Polly,  born  in  1835,  and  died  in  1390 
never  married;   Eli,  born  ir   1857,  married  to  Louisa  iittleiohn  in  1858,  and 
died  in  1864,bein~  killed  at  the  battle  of  Kenesaw  Mour.tain  ftancy,  born 
In  1858,  married  Henry  bloomfield  in  1858,  died  in  1865;   Henry  '  ,  born 
in  1841,  in  1865  married   to  Tabiatha  Weld on?  "aritin,  of  w:  om  more  is  said 
later:  Ellis,  born  in  1845,  -iarried  to  Hannah  H.    Hughes  in  I889i  Jon  J 
born  in  1847  married  to  Ariel  Hughes;  Susan,  bron  in  1849,  married  Conrad 
Fitz  in  875,  and  died  in  1905.   i-artin  Shields,  refered  to  above,  was  born 
near  Astoria,  Illinois,  in  1843.   In  1868  he  was  married  to  '-*ry  Van  Meter, 
of  acomb,  111.   She  was  born  in  1847  and  died  in  1907.   *or  a  tins  thye 
resided  at  -alia  Bend,    Mo.,  but  he  now  lives  in  --acomb.   Their  children 
were  David  R. ,  of  whoni  more  will  be  said  later;  W.  E.,  born  in  1871  and 

marr  ed  to  Pearl- in  1900;  Josie  '"ay,  born  in  1874;  -sasc  Bruce,  born 

in  1876;  Hattie  Ellen,  born  in  1878,  married  William  Grafton  in  1908; 
i-arry  V. ,  born  n  1861. 

David  H.  Shields,  referred  to  above  as  the  son  of  ^artin  Shields 
was  born  near  Astoria,  111.,  in  1869.  In  1900  he  was  married  to  Fanrie  Ar- 
line  "odge,  of  Sal  a,  Kans.   He  v>as  at  various  time  reside^  in  Fulton  and 

eDonough  Counties,  111.,  in  Salira,  Eans.,  and  Kokomo,  Ind.   For  a  time 
he  was  f in  rcial  secretary  of  Eureka  College,  Illinois.  le   is  the  pastor 
of  the  First  Christian  friscioles)  Church  of  Kokomo,  Ind.  and  ia  president 
of  the  American  Temperance  '  oard  of  his  ohurch. 

Kinzie  Shields,  son  of  Nathan  V.  Shields,  was  married  a  lady 
whose  first  name  was  Katie,  second  name  unkown.   He  had  at  least  tow 
children,  Kinzie  an-  John  A   The  son,  Kinzie,  was  borr.  in  1344,  May,  *, 
in  Fulton,  C our. ty,  111.  He  wa  married  to  Susan  .-inyery  wct.  25,  1867,  and 
had  six  children,  La^,  Etta,  Suy,  Battle  V- ,  Lucy  C. ,  and  Hiram. 


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John  A.  Shields  was  born  in  18£L,  In  "Sid  ana.  *e  was  during 
his  entire  life  a  farmer,  havin  ■  died  at  the  age  of  72.   He  was  married 
to  Jane  Smith  in  1860,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  Fliza  and  Louis. 
She  died  in  187S,  and  the  next  year  he  war  married  to  Melvina  Hounds  by 
whom  he  &ad  one  child. 

Joseph  Shields,  son  of  Joseph  cf  the  ter  brothers,  was  born 
in  Harris  ,n  County,  !nd. ,  in  1814.   In  1828,  with  his  mother  andtwo  of  his 
brothers  he  went  to  Schuyler  County,  Indiana,  and  the  next  year  he  went  to 
Suitor  Co  nty,  Illinois.   On  Fab.  11,  1856,  he  was  married  to  Rebecca 
?."iner,  and  their  children  were  '--ary  Ann,  "athan,  Fmizia,  William,  Eliza, 
Susan,  Etvie,  and  Lucy. 

Asa  L.  Shileds,  also  a  son  of  Joseph,  was  carried  to  '-ary  ?iiner 
as  his  first  wife,  by  whom  ie  bad  ft  son,  John  W.  Shields,   his  second 
wife,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  1860,  was  Rachel  Seehorn.   John  W.  Shields 
resided  in  *erton  Township,  Pulton  co  fcty,  111. ,  and  was  a  farmer  and  -roeer 
Asa  L.  Shields,  referred  to  tbove,  was  left  an  orpahn  at  the  age  of  twelve, 
while  livin-  in _ Indiana,  and  soon  after  that  hi    norad  to  Woodford  Township, 
Fulton  Co  rty,  -Lll.,  where  ir.  1829,  he  was  married  to  l*ary,  a  daughter  of 
John  and  -ary  Miner.   e  had  eight  children  by  his  first  wife  and  four  by 
his  second.   Heetifvad  in  the  Union  army  daring  the  Civil  ar. 

************ 


:s: 


'hields 

A:-nes 

Shields 

(Watson) 

'.  t 

Jauies 

ison 

1. 

Jesse  I 

Shields  Watson 

3. 

Catherine  Watson 

2. 

Gordan 

7 at son 

i>. 

"ark  Watson 

4. 

&ate  Watson  (Beanblossoi;.) 
5.   Ward  B.  Beanblosso:. 

4. 

Ward  h.  Watson 

4. 

^rgaret  Watson 

4. 

U.  Grant  Watson 

5.   Elsie  Watson 
5.  Blza  Watson 
5.   Edith  Watsor. 
5.   Edith  W  tson 
5.   Flwood  Watson 
5.  Estyal  Watson 

3. 

Nicholas  Watson 

5. 

John  Wat  soil 

S. 

Adlcinson  Watson 

4. 

A^nes  Watson 

4. 

Rohcrt  V<atson 

4. 

Prank  Wat6on 

G.   Jolin  Watson 
5.   -obert  Watson 

4, 

timer  'atson 

4. 

Ella  Watson  (Flora) 

4. 

5.   Beulah  May  Flora 

2. 

Rachel 

Watson  (Hilar) 

4. 

Eli  filler 

4. 

'•^ary  Catherine  iller 

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4.      ^ettie  Miller 
3.      ITurford  ?'a  tson 

4.   Julia  Watson  (Neely'i 

5.   Paul  Neely 
4.  Edward  Watsan 

5.   •  enry  Wa4  :  or. 

5.   Shields  Watson 

S.   A^ner  Jane  Watson 
2.   Ann  Shields  (Burford) 

5.   Mary  Jane  Burford  (Fleshman) 
4.   Treor.-e  1.  Fleshman 
4.   Lyman  Sylvester  Fleshman 
4»   S<mon  E«  Fleshman 
4.   Simon  E.  Fleshman 
4-  Ar  Eur  C&ry  Fleshmar 
4.   Charles  L.  Fleshman 
4.   AquJla  Fl-shmar 

3.   Isabel  Catherine  ^urford  (Highfill) 
4.   Eary  W.  HighfUl 
4.   r*iartha  °ane  Eighfill 
4.  Helen  A.  Highfill  (Taylor) 
B,   Faye  Taylor  (Cline) 
4.   Cary  M.  Highfill 
4.   ivate  Isabel  highfill 

5.  i'iargaret  Pamelia  Burford  (Highfall) 
4.   %ry  Jane  Highfill 
4.   Annie  V.  Gighfall 
4.  Berury  H.  Highfall 
4.   Warren  8.  Highfill 
4.   Thoivas  W.  Highfall 

S.   i,Jarion  Perrine  Burford 

3.   Ann  Elisabeth  Burford  (Briley) 
4.   Burf  ore  I ,  I'riley 
4.   Elmer  Ellsworth  Briley 

S.   Jesse  Mil too  Burford 

4.  ^attio  H.  Burford 
4.  Cora  H.  Burford 
4.   Stella  F«  Burford 
4.   Pearl  Burford 

5/  Cary  Sylvester  Burford 

4.   Nellie  VL.    Furford 
4.   Jessie  B.  Furford 

3   Nancy  Helen  Burford  (Vurphy) 
4.  Edwin  C.  i'urphy 
4.   '-race  1 "ruphy 
4.  Viola  urphy 
4.   Blanch  *"urp3ay 
4.  Wayne  Murphy 

8.  William  Thomas  Furford 

4.  Annie  ^aud  Burford 
4.  Cary  Clive  Burford 

3.   James  CetricE  urfod 

4.   Ouy  Ernest  Burtford 
4.   Ivan  Furford 

3.   John  Hezekiah  Burford 

4.   °tho  'ay  Eur ford 
4.   Cary  Clea  Furford 
2-   "ane  Shields 
f,   -argaret  Shields  (Beau) 

3.  William  Jasper  Bean 


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4.  Jerry  ^ee  Bean 

'%.      Sallia  Seam 

4.   Tugh  Fletcher  Bean 

4.   John  Edward  eon 

4.   *es3e  Bell  field  Bean 

5.   Alta  ^arion  Sean 

5.   Willian  Bean 

5.   Aen;ith  lean 

5*      Clifford  Bean 

5.    VSolet     ean 

5.   Ermett  Bean 
4   Salter  Clark  Bean 

5.   Yalter  Jasper  lean 
5   Sarah  Catherine  Bean 
5.   Agnes  Anna  -earn  (Clark) 
•i.   Ellon  M.  Clark 
4.   Julia  Beatrice  Clark 
4.   '■fcrtha  Clark 
■'-..     Aita  Keith  Clark 
S.   John  Jarao  Boan 

4.  Aaron  Lincoln  .ean 
4.   Dtvri*.1  Thouas  Bean 

5.   Katie  Bean  (Layeock) 
fc>.   Bonald  Layeock 
6.   Haph  Layeock 

5.      John  Bean 

filliam  Jasper  Eean 

o.      David    r as   -ean 

4.   Sar-h  Agnes  lean  (Height) 

5.  Ethel  "'argaret  Height 
5.   Willia-  B.  Height 

6.   'argaret  Bright 
6.   Ctaniye  Laight 
5.   Herbert  Laight 

5.  Jaiaes  Baight 

6.  Sidney  Height 

55.   Eliz&bet..  Baight 
5.   John  Height 
Z.        argeret  ?ar_.elia  Bean  (Flora) 
4.   BZxer  B.  Flora 
4.   Ilorence  Flora 
4.   J'anaital  Flora 
4.   Bliza  Clara  Flora  (hays) 

5.   Flora  Bays  (Sheranaker) 
G.   -^len  Shewmaker 
5.   Sybil  Bays  (Yeager) 
£.   Clo  Yeager 
4.  Eorace  Flora 


b,        efferson  H.  rlora 

5.   Forrest  -uster  Flora 

B.   --ennetn  Flora 

4. 

Edward  Flora 

5.   j'ea  Flora 

6.  iJelen  Flora 

5.   Ruth  Flora 

4. 

Cora  Flora 

4. 

^innie  Pearl  Flora  (Jones) 

5.   Clarence  Jones 

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5.   Margaret  Jones 
5.   Dudley  Jones 
4.   Carry  I'lora 
3-   iT9Sse  Shields  Bean 

4.  tfinneaota  Jane  ^ean  (Houghton) 
5.   Edward  L.  Houghton 
o.   Harry  Houghton 
4.   Edward  E.  Lean 
3.   Pleasant  "^eedy  Bean 
Z.      Rachel  Adeline . Bean  (Lillians) 
4.   -'artlia  Jane  'Williams 
4.   Seedy  P.  Williams 

5.  Allan  Williams 
5.  Elizabeth  Williams 
4.   John  Edward  Williams 
5.  Agnes.  Williams 
5.  Walter  Williams 
.   Effi,  William 
5.   "  argaret  Williams 
5,  Clinton  Williams 
5.   Alta  Lueile  W  lliaus 
4.   tiarriet  Williams  Ac  has  on) 
5.  Criffsth  Aohason 
5.   Phyllis  Aohason 
5-   Pron  Aohason 
5.   Martha  Jane  -ean 
2.   John  shiel  s 
2.   Rac  el  Shields 

2.   Hark  Fox  Shields 
8.  Elizabeth  Shields  (l  arsh-Eiller) 
I.     Ann  Raehel  ^ai'sh  (Mitchell) 
4.  Nora  Uitchel 
4.  Edward  '  itchel 
4.   Janes  T"itchel 
5.   Eliza  Helen  i;arsh 
3.   James  IE  i'arsh 
S.   George  A.  Killer 
2.  Catherine  Shields  (Hiaey) 

3.   ;;ary  Eisey 
2.   Gillian  T.  Shields 

3.  William  T.  Shields 

3.  Epervia  Shields  (Zencr) 

4.   Claude  Zenor 
3.  ''ease  Shields 

4.  Virgi©  Shields 
4.   Roy  Shield* 


harlot;  Shiedls 


l«  Ida 

4. 

arry  Shield* 

Ola 

.  Shield* 

4. 

Louise  Shield* 

4. 

James  Shield* 

5.   Thiriel  Shields 

Carrie 

Shield*  (Cunningham) 

4. 

Hewitt  Cunj.xngham 

\.   L, 

Shields 

4 

Sallie  Shields 

4. 

Sidney  Shield* 

J.  B 

Shields 

4. 

Fedelia  Shields 

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4.   Estyal  Shields 
4.   ^ladys  °hields 
4.  Clarice  Shields 
S.  "ark  Fox  Shields 

4.   Ruth  Shields   (Russell) 

5.  Virginia  Lee  Russell 
4.   Jessie  Shields 
4.   Oeoria  Shields 
5.   A.  L.  Shields 
2.   Helen  Lydai  Shields  (Aydelott) 
5.   Fliza  Catherine  Aydelott 
S  .  Robert  Leffier  Aydilott 
3.   Robert  Leffier  Aydolott 
3.   Benjamin  Jesse  fiydelott 
3.  Anna  Margaret  Aydelott  O'yers) 
4.   Daisy  Moyars 
4.   Helen  Catherine  Moyars 
4.   Peulah  Peloris  Moyars 
3.   Fdwin  Thompson  Aydelott 
3.   Charles  William  Aydelott 
3.   0  T,  Aydelott 

4.   Charles  William  Aydelott 
4.   Helen  Margaret  Aydelott  (Jones  ) 
5.   Mary  lf«  Jones 
5.   Lucil  Delores  Jones 
5.   "arcus  Carl  Jones 
4.   Carl  Edward  %-delott  (Peyton) 
5.   Boyd  Clayton  Peyton 
5.   Helen  Peyton 
4.   Mamie  ^ee  Aydelott 
2.  Mary  Farmelia  Shields 


Jesse  Shields  was  the  smallest  and  youngest  of  the  ten  sons  of 
Robert  a  Nancy  Stockton  Shields,  H©  was  born  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  of 
Virginia  Mar,  10,  1782.   In  the  autumm  of  the  year  1784  he  was  taken  with 
the  family  to  Sevier  County,  Term. ,  wher-  he  lived  untiil808.   In  1805 
he  was  married  to  Catherine  Fox,  of  Sevier  County,  wh  was  born  Mar,  26, 
1786,  and  died  at  Mauckport,  Ind.  July  18,  1877.   Jesse  Shields  was  one  of 
the  emigrant  party  of  Shields  who  left  Sevire  county  in  1808  and  settled 
■long  the  Ohio  Ri  ,er  in  Indiana.   He  and  his  family  settled  at  Hipperdaui 
Valley,  Harrison  Cou  ty,  Ind.,  ten.  miles  southwest  of  Corydon.   He  became  a 
man  of  prominence  in  county  affairs,  and  died  Sept.  16,  1848.   He  was  buried 
in  the  Sh'elds  plot  of  the  Old  Cross  Roads  Grave  Yard  on  the  pike  between 
Corydon  and  Mauckport,  abo  :t   two  miles  from  the  latter  place. 

They  had  twelve  children,  listed  in  the  outline  above.   Of 
some  of  these  and  t  eir  descendatns  we  know  but  little.   Jane  was  born  in 
1807  and  died  in  1848-  her  husband  was  W  M  Morrison.  John  was  born  in 
1811  and  died  in  1841:  his  wife  was  Elisa  ^arsh.   Rachel  "as  born  in  1812 
anil  died  in  1876;  her  first  husband  was  William  Moore,  and  her  seoond  H.  G 
Barkwell,  Mark  Fox  was  born  in  1313  and  died  in  1838.   Catherine  was  born 
in  1819  and  died  in  18S7:  her  husband  was  Jonathan  Misey,  and  they  had  a 
daughter  Mary,  who  married  Harace  Soil  er,  "ary  Parmglia  was  born  in  1828 
and  died  in  1851.   Bgr  husband  was  Clark  Highfill.   uch  information  as  we 
have  of  the  other  children  of  Jes;;e  and  Catherine  Fox  Shields  is  listen 
under  their  respective  names  below. 


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Agnes,  Daughter  of  Jesse  Shields 

Agnes  Shields,  the  eldest  of  the  twelve  children  of  Jesse  and 
Catherine  i  ox  Shiedls,  was  bonr  in  1804  and  died  in  1878.   She  married 
Adinson  Hill  Watson  in  1821.   They0had  fourteen  children  as  follows: 
fames  B.,  married  to  Jane  Hedges:   esse  S. ,  married  to  Alice  travel; 
Catherine,  Goodan,  %k,  married  „6  ^ry  Scoots,  their  children  being  '^ate, 
Ward  H. ,  J"argaret,  and  U.  "rantl  Kate  married  henry  Beanblossom,  and  has  a 
son  Ward  H.  Beanbloseom,  whose  wife  is  Nellie  ' filler!  Ward  H.  married  a 
lady  whose  given  name  was  Edith;  U.  Grant  was  married  to  *roaa  Elwood,  and 
they  hare  five  children,  Elsie,  Elza,  Edith,  Elwood,  and  Estyal.   Nicholas 
John,  ^arried  to  a  lady  named  mith;  Adkinson,  married  to  Agnes  Hedges, 
and  they  have  five  childre  :  Agnes,  whose  husband  is  George  H^g,  Robert 
Frank,  who  was  mrri< id  to  a  -ar shall  and  has  two  sons,  John  and  -"obert;  Sliw 
and  Ella,  who  married  W.  H.  Flora,  and  whos  e  daughter  is  Beulah  -^ay;  RacheJ., 
who  married  a  Milder,  and  their  children  are  Eli,  uiary  Catherine  and  Nettie; 
Burfotfd,  who  has  two  children,  Julia,  who  married  -'■'aniel  ^'eely,  and  they 
have  a  son  Paul  Neely;  and  Edward,  who  has  three  children,  Henry;  Shields, 
married  to  Sidney  Miller;  Newton  Jasper;  and  Agnes  Jane. 

Ann,  Daughter  of  Jesse  Shields 

Ann  Shields,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Catherine  Fox  Shields,  was 
born  in  1806  and  died  in  1895.   In  1829  she  married  Cary  Burford,  and  they 
had  eleven  children,  as  follows:   -jary  Jane,  Isabel  Catherine,  ^argaret 
Parmelia,  ^arion  Perrine,  Ann  Elizabeth,  Jesse  Hilton,  Cary  Syives';er, 
^ancy  Helen,  William  Thomas,  James  Cetrick,  John  Hetekiah,  and  an  infant 
daughter. 

a-ion  Perrine  was  born  in  1855  and  died  in  1841;  the  infant 
daughter  eeferred  to  was  born  in  1848.   The  othere  referred  to  more  in  de- 
tail below: 

-jary  Jane  ^urford  was  born  in  1850,  married  Abraham  Fleshman 
in  1850,  and  died  in  1894.   ^r  chldren  were  C-eroge  '".'.;  Lyman  Sylvester, 
born  in  1854,  married  to  christine  Miller*  died  in  1914,  had  a  son  Herman; 
Sim-n  E. ,  born  in  1857,  died  in  1867;  Arthur  Cary,  born  in  1860,  married  to 
Eva  Lee  Kesler,  resides  in  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Charles  L. ,  born  in  1R65,  wife's 
maiden  name  was  Hudson,  has  two  children,  %fly  Jane  an-  Hudson,  resides  in 
Okmulgee,  0k  la. ;  Aqnila,  born  in  1P70,  resides  at  ^ew  Albany,  *nd. 

Isabel  Catherine  ^-urford  was  born  in  1831,  in  1851  married 
James  Highfill,  and  died  in  1892.   Their  five  children  were  -ary  '.,  born 
in  1852,  and  in  1882  married  Wilford  Trotter;  ^artha  °ane,  born  in  1854, 
and  in  1875  married  Ephriam  Stonecipher:  ^elen  K,   born  in  1857,  in  1886 
married  Henry  0.  Taylor,  and  died  in  1914,  leavin  ;  a  daughter,  Faye,  who 
married  Chester  Cltnej  Cary  K.,  born  in  1859,  in  1882  married  to  Lavina  GrOve, 
and  died  in  1891,   and  ^ate  Isable,  born  in  1864,  in  1886  married  Charlton 
L.  Stevens. 

^rgaret  Parmelia  ^urford  was  born  in  1855  and  died  in  1866. 
She  married  Thomas  f.    ^ighfall  in  1852.   Their  children  were  ^ry  Jane, 
born  in  1855,  died  in  1861;  Annie  B. ,  born  in  1856,  married  T.  L  uovey, 
died  in  188S;  Henry  H. ,  born  in  185:;  warren  8.,  born  in  1861  and  died  the 
same  year;  and  Thomas  W. ,  born  in  1862,  and  died  the  same  year:  and  Thomas  W. 
born  in  1861,  married  first  to  Ada  lAarshbarger,  and  second  to  Ada  Ewbank. 


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Ann  Elizabeth  -oirford  was  t.orn  in  1866,  in  1359  married  Samuel 
Briley,  and  died  in  1911.   They  had  two  children,  Burford  U,  vorn  in  1360 
in  1891  married  to  Clara  Watson;  Elmer  Ellsworth,  born  in  1868,  and  in  1891 
married  to  Clara  Watson;  Elmer  Ellsworth,  born  in  1868,  and  in  1891  married 
to  U.  u.  Brier. 

Jesse  Milton  Burford  was  orn  in  1338,  in  1864  married  to  i%ster 
A  Gessford,  and  married  a  second  time  in  1894  to  Julia  Hill*  and  died  in 
1915.   Their  four  children  were  Llattie  H.g  born  in  1865,  in  1893  married 
G.  - .  -Hastings;  Cora  U.  ,   born  in  1867,  in  1890  married  E.  A-  Stubbs;  Stella 
F. ,  born  in  1874,  in  1897  married  Chas-  Andrus;  an-  pearl,  born  in  187S, 
died  in  1892. 

Gary  Sylvester  ourford  was  born  in  1840,  and  in  1865,  was  married 
to  Barbara  L.  Weedman.   They  have  two  children,  nellie  M,  born  in  1867,  mar- 
ried first  in  18"6  to  ...  I.  Viandrews,  and  second  in  1893  to  Edward  S.  Bean 
J-ssis  B.,  born  in  1873,  and  in  1893  married  W.  R.  Kincaid. 

Nancy  H« len  Burford  was  born  in  1842,  and  in  1865  married  Wm. 
W.  Murphy.   Their  residence  is  at  Parmer  ^ity,  111.   They  had  five  children, 
Edwin  C.,  '  orn  in  1866,  died  in  1896,  Grace,  married  Jenjamin  Overstreet 
Viola,  married  Frank  Swiney;  Ealnch,  married  Alonzo  Stur-ell;  and  Wayne, 
who  is  slao  married. 

William  Thomas  Burford  was  born  in  1844,  married  first  in  1870 
to  Lizzie  fecket,  and  again  in  1879  to  ^ary  K.  McWilliams.   Their  two  children 
are  Annie  ^ud,  born  in  1672,  who  in  1392  married  Oliver  L.  Brown;  and  Cary 
Clive,  who  was  born  in  1832. 

James  Cetricic  burford  was  born  in  1846,  an-;  in  1870  was  married 
to  Lucy  A  otelj  they  reside  in  Farmer  City,  111.  Bheir  two  children  are 
Guy  Ernest,  born  in  1879,  and  in  1899  married  to  lXarriett  Weedmar.j  Ivan, 
born  in  1881,  and  in  1907  married  to  Josie  ^usbaum. 

Jo  .r  ^ezekiah  Burford  was  born  in  1849,  and  in  1880  was  married 
to  iiattie  "*errifiedl.   fhey  have  two  children,  wtho  Ray,  born  in  1883  and 
Cary  Clea,  born  in  18871 

Margareet,  Daughter  of  °esse  Shields 

%.rgaret  Shields,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Catherine  Fox  Shields, 
was  born  in  1809  and  died  in  1879.  In  1830  she  married  Aaron  ^igs  ean. 
They  had  nine  children,  outlined  above. 

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he  was  married  to  ^ry  Shuck.   Their  six  children  were  Jerry  Lee,  born  in 
185S  and  died  the  same  year;  Sallie,  born  in  1854,  died  in  1858;  Hugh 
Fletcher  born  in  1858,  died  in  1871;  John  Edward,  born  in  1861  died  in  1881; 
*esse   Bellfiedld,  born  in  1863,  marri  d  to  Euan  Anderson  in  1893,  resides 
in  Stone  Lake,  Wis.  And  has  si*  children— Alta  *"arion,  William  Kenneth, 
Clifford,  Violet,  &n&   Emmett;  Walter  Clark,  born  in  1879,  in  1902  marreid 
Loi  :se  ""cCarear,  has  a  son  Walter  Jasper,  resides  in  Indianapolis,  inda- 

Sarah  Catherine  rean  was  born  in  1833  and  died  in  1855 

Agnes  Am a  Pean  was  born  in  1334  and  in  1357  married  Edward  Clark 
of  -"assachussetts.   For  many  years  the  resieded  at  St.  Peter,  Minn.,  and 
since  1384  "5rs.  Clark  and  her  daughters  have  lived  at  1470  Wesley  Ave-, 


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St.  Paul,  Minn.   rier  daughters  are  Ellen"".,  Julia  Beatrice,  who  is  dead, 
Martha, and  Alta  ^eith.  The  writer  has  gecome  well  acquainted  with  these 
ladies  and  their  other,  h   was  through  iss  Ellen  that  I  was  started  in 
my  research  of  the  Shields  family,  and  she  had  furnished  not  a  lifitle  of 
the  inspiration  as  well  as  information  that  has  mde  possible  carrying  it 
forward  as  far  as  it  is  now. 

John  hames  Bean  was  born  in  1836  and  died  in  1^92.   In  185&  he 
was  married  to  "-argaret  Williams.   They  had  three  children**Aaron  Lincoln, 
David  1'horias,  and  Sarah  Agnes   Aaron  Lincoln  Bean  was  born  in  1861,  and 
has  bean  married  three  times,  respectively  to  Emma  Warren,  i^atie  Davidson, 
and  •'"attie  Bery;  he  is  Humane  Officer,  and  r  sides  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
David  Thomas  ean  was  born  in   1863,  and  lias  been  married  twice,  to  ellen  *%- 
Gann  and  Mary  Lovejoy.   His  children  are  ivatie,  who  siarried  Ralph  Laycock, 
and  has  two  sons,  Bonald  and  Ralph;  John;  William  Japser;  and  David  Thomas. 
Sarah  Agnes  Bean  was  born  in  1864,  and  carried  James  0.  ^aight.   .ier  seven 
children  are  Ethel  Argaret  who  married  iarry  Hutchin  in  1916; 
William  B- ,  married  to  Ethel  Sackett  and  has  two  children,  ^argaret  and 
Stanly  ^rbert;  James;  Elizabeth:  Sidney;  and  Jolin. 

Margaret  Parmelia  Eean  was  bom  in  1838  and  died  in  1902.   In 
185?  she  married  J-  H,  Flora.   They  had  nine  children:  ^lmer  E. ;  Florence 
■"annibal;  •  liza  Clara  who  married  F'airleigh  ^ys,  and  who  has  a  daughter 
Sybil  who  married:  red  Yeager,  and  they  have  two  chldren,  the  elder  being 
Clo.   -^race,  married  to  iiJary  Best,  and  has  three  Children,  ueff erson  H. , 
Forrest  Custer,  and  Kenneth;  Edward,  mar  ried  to  ^la  Gilaore,  three  of 
their  seven  children  be'ng  Lea,  Helen,  and  Ruth;  Cora,  aarried  Stephen  Richards 
Minnie  rearl,  residing  in  Louisville,  Ky. ,  marri  d  Bj.dley  Jones,  and  has 
three  children,  Clarencn,  Margaret,  and  Dudly;  Curry  married  Bird  ^laine, 
and  they  have  five  children. 

Jesse  Shields  Bean  was  born  in  1840,  ai'd  in  1867  married  to  Nancy 
Keithly,  and  he  died  in  1904.   They  had  two  children:   I.iissesota  Jane,  born 
in  1868,  in  1893  married  Horace  Hourhton,  their  children  be'np;  Edward  L. 
and  x:arry  they:  live  in  Sioux  City,  la; /Edward  '.,  born  in  1873,  and  in 
1893  was  married  to  ^ellie  -urford  Andrews,  resides  in  Denver. 

Pleasant  lie-dy  Bean  was  born  in  1843,  and  in  service  for  the  Union 
Army  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Guntown,  Term. 

Rachel  Adleine  Bean  was  born  in  1845,  and  in  1866  married 
Griffith  Williams,   '^hey  had  four  children,  as  Follows:  ^rtha  Jane  "orn 
in  18o7  and  died  in  infancy;  ^edy  ?. ,  who  was  married  to  Elsie  Pomeroy 
and  had  two  childre  n  allan  and  Eliaabeth:  John  E-iward,  who  was  married 
to  :nma  Anderson,  has  six  children:  Ap;nes,  Walter,  Effie,  ^ar^aret,  Clin- 
ton, and  Alta  Lucile,   harriet  who  married  Archie  Acv.ason,  has  three 
Children,  Griffeth,  Phylis,  and  Evan. 

artha  Jane  ean  was  born  in  1847  and  died  in  1866. 

Elizabeth,  Dau  hte  of  Jesse  Shields 

'lizabeth,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Catherine  Fox  Shields,  was 
born  in  1816,  and  died  in  1867.   ^he  was  twice  married,  her  first  husband 
being  Jesse  ■••arsh,  their  children  being  Fliza  '-elen  an-  Ann  Rachel  and  James 
K. ,  and  her  second  husband  bein-  Kdward  Tiller,  their  child  bein~  -eorge  A. 


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Eliza  ^elen  ^arsh  married  Luther  Mi  Her  •   Am  Rachel  i^arsh  -Carried 
Dr.  James  Mitchell  their  children  were  Nora,  Ed-ward,  who  married  Harriet 
"-athes,  and  James,  James  K  1"arsh  was  married  first  to  a  Mrs.  Luce,  and 
second  to  rila  athews.   George  A.  Miller  was  the  only  chile  o  Elizabeth 
Shields  O'arsh)  dller,  and  her  second  husband. 


■■illima  T. ,  S0r  Qf  ^e8se  Shields 

William  *.  Shiedls,  son  of  Jesse  and  Catherine  Fo*  Shields,  was 
born  in  18^0  and  died  in  1900.  He  was  foir  times  married,  first  to  Lpervia 
toancy,  second  to  :i-ary  "  ller,  and  a  third  and  fourth  time  to  two  Jamieson 
Sisters.   He  had  nine  children,  William  T. ,  ^oervia,  Jesse  Eli,  Ca.  ie, 
S  L  J.  B.,  Mark  Fox  an^  A.  L. 

Epervia  Shields  Married  a  *T,  Zenor,  an  had  several  children, 
one  being  named  Claude.   Bli  Shiedls  was  ma  rried  to  A  '/iss  Eolliday;  the  r 
fo  r  children  were  ^arry,  Ola  who  married  A  Jir.  Feters,  Louise  and  James, 
who  was  marriet  to  Allie  Pitman,  and  in  turn  has  a  son  Durrel.   Jesse 
Shield!  -was  married  to  a  lady  whose  first  name  was  Charlotte;  he  hda  three 
children,  Wir^ie,  who  married  a  Hademacher,  Roy,  and  Charles. 

Carrie  Shields  married  a  Mr*  Cunningham,  and  they  had  a  son  ^witt. 
G.  L.  Shiedls  was  married  to  ^adie  Ricl^y,  and  they  had  two  children,  Sallie 
and  "idney.   J.  B.  Shields  married  a  ^iss  Bemer,  and  ehy  had  several  children 
amon-  them  being  Fidelia,  Estyal,  Gladys,  and  Clarice,  "ark  Fox  Shields 
had  three  children,  Ruth  who  married  James  *.  Russell  and  has  a  daughter 
Virginnia  ^ee:  Jessie,  and  Georia. 

Helen  Lydia  Shiedlds,  daughter  of  ^esse  and  Catherine  Fox  nields 
was  born  in  1326  and  died  in  1891.   In  1852  she  married  .Charles  Aydelott. 
They  had  seven  children,  ^liza  Catherine,  born  in  1855;  Robert  -^effler,  born 
in  1881,  married  John  J.  :  oyars,  and  has  three  chldren,  Daisy,  Helen 
Canterine,  and  Beulah  Delores,  the  latter  havin  •  arried  '-arlan  "idners 
in  1916;  Edwin  Thompson,  born  in  1862;  Charles  William,  born  in  1865,  died 
in  1914;  0.  t. ,  born  in  1868,  married  to  Annie  Lou  Best,  and  has  five 
children,  Charles,  ^elen  "'argaret,  Carl  Edward,  "ag  ie  ^ucile  and  ^-ainie  ^ee. 

Of  the  children  of  0.  t.  Qydelott,  Charles  William  was  born  in 
Floyd  Conty,  Ind. ,  and  in  1816  was  married  to  ^-rene  °olc  :an;   Helen  ~argaret 
was  born  in  1891,  and  in  ln10  married  ^^arcus  Jones,  their  children  being 

arv  ". ,  Lucile  Jelores,  and  -arcus  Carl;   Carl  Edwar  was  born  in  1893; 
Maggie  Lucile  was  born  in  1896,  married  boyd  Peyton,  and  has  two  children, 
Boyd  Clayton,  and  ^elen:  -amie  ""e  e  was  born  in  b898 


BWHW  SHIELDS,  71,  DIES  AT  HIS  HOME 


Former  InJianapolis  Contractor  was  Native  of  Sey- 
mour—Funeral Friday. 


Ewing  Shields,  age  seventy-one,  former  Ind- 
ianapolis contractor,  die  Wednesday  forenoon  at  his 
home,  2535  Park  Avenue,  followin-  a  brief  illness 
of  heart  disease. 

Mr.  Shields,  a  resident  or  Indianapolis 
fi  teen  years,  was  born  in  Se  m >ur,  the  city  which 
hiagrand father,  Heedy  W.  shields,  founded.   X1e  was 
the  son  of  Lycurgus  Shields. 

For  many  years  r.  Shields  and  his  wife 
were  active  in  work  of  the  Methodist  church,  in  later 
years  at  the  Broadway  II.  E.  church.   lefore  his 
retirement,  Mr.  Shields  was  hear  of  wing  Shields 
&.   Co. ,  and  later  of  Swing  Shields  &  Son,  both  of  which 
were  contracting  concerns  doing  work  throughout  the 
state. 

Surviving  are  the  Widow,  Mrs.  Battle  Shields; 
Ewin;;,  Jr.,  Greenfield,  and  a  daughter,  "rs.  Ken- 
neth C.  Iogate,  Scarsdale,  M  Y.  :  two  brothers,  A.  D. 
Shields,  Terre  Haute  a  sister,  ^rs.  "".  R.  Barnes, 
Terre  Haute,  and  six  grandchildren. 

Funeral  services  will  ie  held  Friday  at 
10:30  a.  m.  at  the  ho;^e.   The  body  will  then  e  taken 
to  Seymour,  where  burial  will  be  in  the  family  plot. 


fflLLX&H  PRESTOS  SHIELDS 


William  Yeston  Shields  was  born  Deo,  16,  1817,  and  was  placed 
to  rest  in  the  Vernon  Cemetery  ^ay  25,  bu  the  side  of  a  worthy  wife  whose 
death  ocoured  25  years  since.  He  had  always  enjoyed  prefect  health  and 
retained  his  xaental  vigor  until  the  hour  he  ivas  stricken  with  an  accute 
cerebral  congestion  which  terminated  within  24  hours. 

^is  death  occurred  in  the  home  he  had  built  fifty  years  since  and 
on  the  farm  he  liad  opera  tod  since  1839,  except  that  while  serving  a  term 
as  clerk  of  this  county  during  which  he  lived  in  Vernon. 

So  far  as  known,  he  was  the  oldest  native  born  oitizen  of  this 
county,  iiis  father,  Col.  ^ames  Shields  a  native  of  Tennessee  and  a  soldier 
of  the  war  of  1812,  entered  and  occupied  before  Indiana  was  admitted  as  a 
state  what  is  shown  on  our  county  maps  as  the  farm  of  J  tones  D,  &eearnmon,  on 
Sand  creek,  above  Brewersville.  nt  the  time  fo  his  birth  in  1817  that  part 
of  Sand  Creek  was  a  favorite  camping  ground  Of  the  Indians,  and  being  the 
first  white  child  born  on  that  stream  he  was  a  great  curiosity  and  the  favor- 
ite of  the  numerous  squaws  and  braves  of  the  immediate  vicinity,  who  insisted 
on  and  were  allowed  to  ke  p  him  in  theri  camp  day  after  day  during  his 
ohildhoor.  They  always  returned  him  to  his  mother  safely  and  before  night. 

tThile  yet  a  mere  boy  he  entered  as  a  clerk  in  one  of  "the  principal 
stores  of  i.iadison  and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  his  marriage  in  1839 
to  Miss  Llizabeth  Jane;  i^avis,  after  which  he  began  farmi □  . 

Mr.  Shields  was  a  man  of  the  intellectual  type,  a  persistent,  un- 
tiring reader,  a  logical  reasoner,  a  democrat  in  politics,  a  Materialist  in 
belief ;  and  those  who  knew  him  besx  say  he  has  done  more  hadr  work  that  any 
man  who  has  ever  lived  in  this  county. 

During  all  his  life  as  a  farmer  his  home  has  been  a  favorite 
stopping  place  and  "open  to  all  without  money  and  without  price."  Ee  was 
a  most  genial  and  liberal  host  aod  all  will  concede  that  his  chief  fault 
and  weakness  was  a  too  great  benevol&noe  and  kindness  of  heart  that  con- 
stantly prompted  him  to  ive  his  earnings  to  those  he  thought  in  need. 

Two  sons  an  three  daughters  survive  him,  one  of  when  :.'.rs.  ollie 
Baile  •  now  onws  and  occupies  Ms  old  home.  She  with  her  husband,  Allen  Bailey, 
have  for  the  last  six  ears  kindly  and  carefully  cared  for  the  wants  fo 
their  aged  parent. 


mm   SITE  OF  FIRST  TAVEBH  AT  HONTIHGTON 
D.  A.  E.  Chapter  erects  tablet  where  Famous  Old  Rock  House  Stood 


Huntington,  Sept.  18.— A  brcnze  tablet,  marking  the  site  of  the  Qld 
Rock  house,  the  first  tavern  in  the  city  of  Huntington,  was  dedicated  last 
nir-ht  by  members  of  the  Baughters  of  the  -nerican  Re  volution. 

The  house  -was  built  on  the  banks  of  the  old  .Yabash  and  Erie  oanal 
by  General  John  ^ipton  in  1835.  Later,  it  was  used  as  a  school  and  a  com- 
munity center.  General  Tipton  lived  at  Logansport  and  was  federal  land 
commissioner  under  General  Hlliar-.  Henry  Harrison,  during  the  period  that 
the  latter  was  governor  of  what  tvas  tne  known  &s   the  northwest* territory. 
He  also  was  one  of  the  prinoipal  officers  in  command  of  the  troops  under 
Harrison  at  the  battle  of  ^'ippecanoe. 


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